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Madhya Pradesh · PC 34 · 1979 by-election
Khandwa
Winner — 1979 by-election
K.THAKRE
JNP 51.5%INC(I) 41.2%5 others 7.4%
Votes
1,92,280
51.5% share
Winning margin
38,486
10.3% of votes
Total votes cast
3,73,615
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.THAKRE | 1,92,280 | 51.5% | |
| 2 | S.N.THAKUR |  INC(I) | 1,53,794 | 41.2% |
| 3 | P.K.MEDHE | 7,170 | 1.9% | |
| 4 | P.KHANUJA | IND | 6,483 | 1.7% |
| 5 | R.DWARKANATH | IND | 6,436 | 1.7% |
| 6 | S.G.POUL | IND | 4,552 | 1.2% |
| 7 | N.DABKAR | IND | 2,900 | 0.8% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean10.3%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.3% · min 0.6% · max 20.7%
How contested is turnout?
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57%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 51.5%INC(I) 41.2%OTH 7.4%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.