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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 269 · 1977
Mhow
Winner — 1977
GHANSHYAM SETH PATIDAR
INC· INC
INC 49.1%JNP 48.5%2 others 2.5%
Votes
20,878
49.1% share
Winning margin
249
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
60.4%
of 70,476
Mhow was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 249 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GHANSHYAM SETH PATIDAR | INC | 20,878 | 49.1% |
| 2 | BHERULAL PATIDAR | Janata | 20,629 | 48.5% |
| 3 | SURENDRA KUMAR | IND | 564 | 1.3% |
| 4 | TULSIRAM | IND | 485 | 1.1% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.6%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 10.1% · min 0.6% · max 31.4%
How contested is turnout?
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64%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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1.98
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.1%JNP 48.5%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED