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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 22 · 2023

Katghora

Winner — 2023

Premchand Patel
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 44.9%INC 34.6%13 others 20.5%
Votes
73,680
45.2% share
Winning margin
16,900
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
76.4%
of 2,14,882

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history

3 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.40 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Premchand Patel
BJP (NDA)
73,68045.2%
2
Purushottam Kanwar
56,78034.8%
3
Bhuneshwar Singh Shrotey
9,5475.9%
4
Engineer Satyajeet Kurrey
4,9003.0%
5
Surendra Rathore (sonu Bhaiya)
JCGP
4,5072.8%
6
Chandrakant Dixena
3,1491.9%
7
Jawahar Singh Kanwar
CPI(M)
2,5351.6%
NOTA
NOTA
1,4620.9%
9
Sapuran Kuldeep
1,3270.8%
10
Dilip Kanwar (d. K. Sarjal)
APoI
1,1570.7%
11
Ravindra Mahant
IND
1,1510.7%
12
Ajay Singh
IND
1,1320.7%
13
Sudama Ram
IND
7690.5%
14
Milan Das Diwan
GNASURKP
5980.4%
15
Kalyan Singh Tanwar
chp
3380.2%

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

Average turnout (55th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.1% · min 2.1% · max 10.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
55th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
55th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.2%INC 34.8%GGP 5.9%OTH 13.2%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/14

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.40 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,06,640
Density
183 / km²
Sex ratio
969 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,598 km²
SC population10.3%
ST population40.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.9%Other 6.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.5%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation28.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.4%
Children fully vaccinated68.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)27.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.4%
Women literate73.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.2%
Clean cooking fuel35.5%
Health insurance60.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Minor Forest Produce - Mahua

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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