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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 25 · 2003

Kota

Winner — 2003

RAJENDRA PRASAD SHUKLA
INC· INC
INC 39.6%BJP 37.9%7 others 22.5%
Votes
39,545
39.6% share
Winning margin
1,679
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
71.5%
of 1,39,743

Kota was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,679 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA PRASAD SHUKLA
INC
39,54539.6%
2
BHUPENDRA SINGH
NDA
37,86637.9%
3
DR. URMILA MARKO
10,14610.2%
4
PRADEEP KUMAR ALIAS DIPPU
NCP
4,1234.1%
5
SHAMBHU PRASAD SHARMA
IND
3,0233.0%
6
RAMBILAS
IND
2,0132.0%
7
RAMSUKH NAPIT
IND
1,5561.6%
8
MADANLAL JAISAWAL
IND
8900.9%
9
DWARIKA PRASAD
7710.8%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (67th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 4.1% · min 1.7% · max 8.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
67th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
14th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.6%BJP 37.9%GGP 10.2%OTH 12.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,63,629
Density
322 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,272 km²
SC population20.8%
ST population18.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity84.4%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.4%
Children fully vaccinated52.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.7%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.5%
Women literate72.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.2%
Health insurance60.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Black Rice🏺Groundnuts
Kanthi Dewal Temple

Kanthi Dewal Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Kanthi Dewal Temple

The (Stone) doorway etc built into the ruined wall (Ratanpur Fort)

The (Stone) doorway etc built into the ruined wall (Ratanpur Fort)

🏛️MonumentASI

The (Stone) doorway etc built into the ruined wall (Ratanpur Fort)

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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