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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1980

Mahidpur

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Winner — 1980

ANANDILAL CHHAJALANI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 44.4%BJP 43.7%4 others 11.9%
Votes
17,264
44.4% share
Winning margin
295
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
56.8%
of 68,426

Mahidpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 295 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANANDILAL CHHAJALANI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
17,26444.4%
2
SHIRNARAYAN CHOUDHARY
BJP
BJP
16,96943.7%
3
NAGESHWAR SHARMA
JNP(SC)
2,9937.7%
4
SEWARAMBHAI PATEL
IND
7732.0%
5
BHERU SINGH KALWA
JNP(SR)
4701.2%
6
RAGHUNATH SINGH RATHOD
IND
4001.0%

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
0.8%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 15.4% · min 0.8% · max 40.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.97
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
1.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 44.4%BJP 43.7%JNP(SC) 7.7%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

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