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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 237 · 1980
Sehore
Winner — 1980
SUNDER LAL PATWA
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.9%INC(I) 45.5%4 others 8.7%
Votes
19,833
45.9% share
Winning margin
176
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.8%
of 69,947
Sehore was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 176 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNDER LAL PATWA | BJP | 19,833 | 45.9% |
| 2 | AMAR CHAND ROHILA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 19,657 | 45.5% |
| 3 | SAVITA BAJPAI | JNP(JP) | 1,751 | 4.0% |
| 4 | SHOBHA RAM KHUSHIRAM | IND | 1,239 | 2.9% |
| 5 | BHAIYALAL SIROLIA | IND | 605 | 1.4% |
| 6 | MOHD. YAHYA ALI | IND | 164 | 0.4% |
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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lean0.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.6% · min 0.4% · max 26.6%
How contested is turnout?
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70%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.06
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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2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.9%INC(I) 45.5%OTH 8.7%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED