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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 83 · 2003Reserved (ST)

Chowki

Winner — 2003

SANJEEV SHAH
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 39.2%INC 37.6%5 others 23.1%
Votes
37,802
39.2% share
Winning margin
1,535
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
71.2%
of 1,35,281

Chowki was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,535 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANJEEV SHAH
BJP (NDA)
37,80239.2%
2
SHEORAJ SINGH USARE
INC
36,26737.6%
3
MAKHAN LAL MASIYA (GURUJI)
NCP
5,5945.8%
4
KHUSHIYAL RAW MANDAVI
5,1795.4%
5
SMT KHAGESH THAKUR
BSP
5,1225.3%
6
SHIVCHARAN AMARIYA
IND
4,8405.0%
7
LAKHAN SHAH
IND
1,5271.6%

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 (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 4.3% · min 1.3% · max 11.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
23rd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
13th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 39.2%INC 37.6%NCP 5.8%GGP 5.4%BSP 5.3%IND 5.0%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,13,199
Density
135 / km²
Sex ratio
1023 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,470 km²
SC population2.7%
ST population65.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.4%Other 6.2%Other 3.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.0%
Electricity51.4%
Sanitation20.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births63.5%
Children fully vaccinated57.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Children underweight (under 5)45.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.2%
Women literate52.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.3%
Clean cooking fuel31.6%
Health insurance69.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bastar Craft🏺Bell Metal (Dhokra)🏺Tamarind

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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