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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 18 · 2023

Kharsia

Winner — 2023

Umesh Patel
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 53.7%BJP 42.2%7 others 4.1%
Votes
1,00,988
53.7% share
Winning margin
21,656
11.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
87.2%
of 2,15,550

A clear win with a 11.5% margin.

Seat history

0 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.28 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Umesh Patel
INC (UPA)
1,00,98853.7%
2
Mahesh Sahu
79,33242.2%
3
Praveen Vijay Jaiswal
2,3351.2%
NOTA
NOTA
1,7260.9%
5
Bhawani Singh Sidar
HMR
1,2430.7%
6
Parimal Yadav
8590.5%
7
Vinod Chandra Singh Rathore
IND
5170.3%
8
Gowardhan Rathia
IND
4720.3%
9
Yashwant Nishad
JCGP
4470.2%

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

High turnout (3rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 9.5% · max 28.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
3rd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
51st of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.7%BJP 42.2%OTH 3.1%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.28 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,93,984
Density
211 / km²
Sex ratio
991 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,086 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population33.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.3%Other 4.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.7%
Electricity82.2%
Sanitation19.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated90.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.2%
Women literate74.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.8%
Health insurance66.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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