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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 242 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Sanchi

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Winner — 1977

GOURISHANKER
JNP· Janata
JNP 67.4%INC 30.0%1 others 2.6%
Votes
25,582
67.4% share
Winning margin
14,214
37.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
50.3%
of 75,453

Sanchi is a safe seat — GOURISHANKER won by 37.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOURISHANKER
JNP
Janata
25,58267.4%
2
UMRAOSINGH
INC
INC
11,36830.0%
3
LALCHAND KOLI
IND
9842.6%

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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An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.5%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.3% · min 0.6% · max 40.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 67.4%INC 30.0%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

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