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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 87 · 2019 by-electionsReserved (ST)

Chitrakot

Winner — 2019 by-elections

RAJMAN VENJAM
INC 49.7%BJP 35.4%4 others 15.0%
Votes
62,097
49.7% share
Winning margin
17,862
14.3% of votes
Total candidates
6

A clear win with a 14.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJMAN VENJAM
62,09749.7%
2
LACHHURAM KASHYAP
44,23535.4%
3
HIDMO RAM MANDAVI
6,9485.6%
4
BOMADA MANDAVI
6,5275.2%
5
LAKHESHWAR KAWASI
APoI
2,6502.1%
6
RITIKA KARMA
IND
2,5752.1%

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.

Average turnout (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 5.7% · max 13.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
26th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
5.0%
lowerhigher
2nd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%BJP 35.4%CPI 5.6%JCCJ 5.2%OTH 4.2%

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?

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

Kama Memorial or Urasgatta post

🏛️MonumentASI

Kama Memorial or Urasgatta post

Narayan temple

Narayan temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Narayan temple

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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