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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 14 · 2023Reserved (ST)

Pathalgaon (ST)

Winner — 2023

Gomati Sai
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 45.8%INC 45.7%7 others 8.5%
Votes
82,320
45.9% share
Winning margin
255
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
79.2%
of 2,26,859

Pathalgaon (ST) was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 255 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

0 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.49 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Gomati Sai
BJP (NDA)
82,32045.9%
2
Rampukar Singh Thakur
82,06545.7%
3
Raja Ram Lakra
3,6752.0%
NOTA
NOTA
3,1311.7%
5
Innocent Kujur Bidana Oraon
2,3441.3%
6
Anil Kumar Parha
HMR
1,7551.0%
7
Nehru Lakra
1,7541.0%
8
Ratthu Ram Painkra
IND
1,3750.8%
9
Suneel Kumar Khalkho
BMUP
1,0610.6%

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

Average turnout (47th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.3% · min 0.1% · max 21.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
47th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
24th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.9%INC 45.7%OTH 6.7%NOTA 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.49 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,51,669
Density
146 / km²
Sex ratio
1005 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,838 km²
SC population5.7%
ST population62.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 73.9%Christian 22.3%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.2%
Electricity40.3%
Sanitation14.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.8%
Children underweight (under 5)33.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.5%
Women literate73.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.9%
Clean cooking fuel14.8%
Health insurance80.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Litchi

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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