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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 245 · 1980
Bhojpur
Winner — 1980
SHALIGRAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 53.5%INC(I) 30.3%8 others 16.2%
Votes
23,764
53.5% share
Winning margin
10,300
23.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
53.2%
of 83,534
Bhojpur is a safe seat — SHALIGRAM won by 23.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHALIGRAM | BJP | 23,764 | 53.5% |
| 2 | ASLAM SHERKHAN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 13,464 | 30.3% |
| 3 | PARAB CHAND JAIN | JNP(SC) | 2,024 | 4.6% |
| 4 | BHANWARLAL | IND | 1,990 | 4.5% |
| 5 | ONKAR SINGH | IND | 969 | 2.2% |
| 6 | ISHTEYAK ALI | JNP(JP) | 959 | 2.2% |
| 7 | ANWAR HASHMI | 404 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | GULAB CHAND | IND | 310 | 0.7% |
| 9 | SALIG RAM | IND | 307 | 0.7% |
| 10 | SITA RAM | IND | 218 | 0.5% |
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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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safe23.2%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 22.1% · min 12.4% · max 29.6%
How contested is turnout?
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59%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.15
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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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2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.5%INC(I) 30.3%OTH 16.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED