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Madhya Pradesh · PC 31 · 1991 by-election

VidishaLok Sabha by-election result, 1991

S.Singh (BJP) won Vidisha in the 1991 Lok Sabha by-election with 55.9% of the vote, beating P.B.Sharma (INC) by 89,100 votes.

Winner — 1991 by-election

S.SINGH
Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP 55.9%INC 39.5%17 others 4.6%
Votes
3,04,392
55.9% share
Winning margin
89,100
16.4% of votes
Total votes cast
5,44,958
Candidates
19
Seat history

All Candidates

19 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
S.SINGH
BJP
BJP
3,04,39255.9%
2
P.B.SHARMA
INC
INC
2,15,29239.5%
3
L.MALVIYA
IND
IND
3,2590.6%
4
R.S.AGARWLA
IND
IND
2,9710.6%
5
G.SARVAR
IND
IND
2,8330.5%
6
R.TOLANI
IND
IND
2,6100.5%
7
R.D.UAIKE
BSP
BSP
2,5950.5%
8
K.DEVI(W)
IND
IND
2,3170.4%
9
K.J.S.URF.D.PAKAD
DDP
DDP
1,5150.3%
10
R.P.SHARMA
IND
IND
1,0840.2%
11
A.KHAN
IND
IND
1,0170.2%
12
J.S.CHAUHAN
IND
IND
9060.2%
13
O.P.SONI
ABJS
ABJS
8440.1%
14
F.ALI
IND
IND
7820.1%
15
M.HAMID
IND
IND
6260.1%
16
S.L.COMRADE
IND
IND
5710.1%
17
D.AVASTHI
IND
IND
5470.1%
18
K.PAHALWAN
IND
IND
4300.1%
19
S.R.KAVADKAR
IND
IND
3670.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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16.4%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

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Essentially two

BJP and INC took 95% of the votes.

Effective number of parties: 2.14 — counts each party by its share of the vote.

How often does it back the winner?

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How did the vote split?

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55.9%won by BJP
BJP 55.9%INC 39.5%Others 4.6%

Historical 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.

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