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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 253 · 1972

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Winner — 1972

CHANDRA PRABHASH SHEKHAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.6%SOP 25.9%5 others 26.4%
Votes
20,561
47.6% share
Winning margin
9,373
21.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
63.2%
of 68,305

I is a safe seat — CHANDRA PRABHASH SHEKHAR won by 21.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRA PRABHASH SHEKHAR
INC
Congress (R)
20,56147.6%
2
KALYAN JAIN
SOP
11,18825.9%
3
SHRIVALLABH SHARMA
BJS
Grand Alliance
9,98123.1%
4
MOHAMMAD ISMAIL KHAN
IND
5251.2%
5
SANTOSH TUKARAM GAWADE
IND
3530.8%
6
HAKIM MANSURI
IND
2940.7%
7
RAMPRASAD CHAUHAN
NCO
2580.6%

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

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.

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A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.7%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 12.2% · min 1.1% · max 27.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
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
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%SOP 25.9%BJS 23.1%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

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