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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 277 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Sonkatch
Winner — 1980
BAPULAL KISHAN LAL MALVIYA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 45.5%BJP 43.6%4 others 10.9%
Votes
21,468
45.5% share
Winning margin
936
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.6%
of 75,266
Sonkatch was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 936 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAPULAL KISHAN LAL MALVIYA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 21,468 | 45.5% |
| 2 | SURAJMAL BUNKAR | BJP | 20,532 | 43.6% |
| 3 | PRABHUDAYAL RESHWAL | IND | 3,034 | 6.4% |
| 4 | DEVILAL BABULAL | JNP(SC) | 834 | 1.8% |
| 5 | KASHIRAM ARJUNJI | 712 | 1.5% | |
| 6 | BAGDIRAM KHUSHAL | IND | 559 | 1.2% |
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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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safe2.0%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 17.2% · min 0.1% · max 38.5%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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How crowded is the field?
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1.91
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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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1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 45.5%BJP 43.6%IND 6.4%OTH 4.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED