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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 240 · 1977

Bhopal North

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Winner — 1977

HAMID QURESHI
JNP· Janata
JNP 48.9%CPI 16.7%13 others 34.4%
Votes
18,178
48.9% share
Winning margin
11,977
32.2% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
40.4%
of 92,017

Bhopal North is a safe seat — HAMID QURESHI won by 32.2%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HAMID QURESHI
JNP
Janata
18,17848.9%
2
BAL KRISHNA GUPTA
CPI
Left
6,20116.7%
3
ZANOOR HASHMI
INC
INC
5,75315.5%
4
HASNAT SIDDIQUI
IND
2,9628.0%
5
CHATUR NARAIN
IND
9572.6%
6
RAM KALI MISHRA
IND
8352.3%
7
ABDUL WASIS KHAN
IND
4781.3%
8
AKTAR SAIYAD
IND
4421.2%
9
SURAJ KRIHSNA
IND
4081.1%
10
UMESH NARAIN SAXENA
IND
3360.9%
11
HARI NARAIN AGARWAL
IND
1890.5%
12
SEWAK RAM SOBHANI
IND
1850.5%
13
RAJANDRA KUMAR PANTHI
IND
990.3%
14
LAKHAN LAL SHARMA
IND
820.2%
15
GULAB CHAND
IND
550.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.2%
— 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
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 48.9%CPI 16.7%INC 15.5%IND 8.0%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

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