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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 240 · 1972

Shajapur

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Winner — 1972

TARA P. CHANDRA SHARMA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.8%BJS 44.2%
Votes
28,774
55.8% share
Winning margin
5,940
11.5% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
70.4%
of 73,276

A clear win with a 11.5% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARA P. CHANDRA SHARMA
INC
Congress (R)
28,77455.8%
2
DEVISINGH BHIMAWAD
BJS
Grand Alliance
22,83444.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.0% · min 2.9% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

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2.11
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.8%BJS 44.3%

Who ran, on record?

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