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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 242 · 1980Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1980

GOURI SHANKAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 48.8%INC(I) 38.6%4 others 12.5%
Votes
16,988
48.8% share
Winning margin
3,546
10.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.0%
of 82,902

A clear win with a 10.2% margin.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1977 vs 1980

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOURI SHANKAR
BJP
BJP
16,98848.8%
2
MUNNALAL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
13,44238.6%
3
TEJRAM
IND
2,2486.5%
4
SITA RAM
JNP(SC)
1,2433.6%
5
DAYA RAM
IND
7662.2%
6
SUBHASH CHANDER
IND
1020.3%

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
safe
10.2%
— 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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Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.8%INC(I) 38.6%IND 6.5%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

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