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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 9 · 2003Reserved (ST)

Ambikapur

Winner — 2003

KAMAL BHAN SINGH
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 53.3%INC 23.2%7 others 23.5%
Votes
65,812
53.4% share
Winning margin
37,222
30.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
67.0%
of 1,84,121

Ambikapur is a safe seat — KAMAL BHAN SINGH won by 30.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMAL BHAN SINGH
BJP (NDA)
65,81253.4%
2
MADAN GOPAL SINGH
INC
28,59023.2%
3
PRABODH MINJ
NCP
14,56811.8%
4
GURUSHARAN SINGH PAINKARA
BSP
4,0113.3%
5
SMT FULESWARI SINGH
IND
3,9353.2%
6
GANJHA RAM THAKUR
Samajwadi Party
2,9772.4%
7
BANSIDHAR URAWAN
1,4061.1%
8
DEVNARAYAN SINGH
IND
1,0690.9%
9
PRAVEEN KUMAR
IND
9950.8%

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.

High turnout (7th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
30.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 6.7% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
7th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
23rd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.4%INC 23.2%NCP 11.8%OTH 11.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,59,886
Density
150 / km²
Sex ratio
978 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,732 km²
SC population4.9%
ST population55.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.1%Other 9.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.1%
Electricity48.6%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.3%
Women literate71.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Clean cooking fuel24.5%
Health insurance65.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jackfruit🏺Potato🏺Rice- Jiraphul, Bisni etc🏺Turmeric

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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