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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 315 · 1980
Garoth
Winner — 1980
MOHANLAL SETHIA
BJP· BJP
BJP 48.9%INC(I) 47.0%3 others 4.0%
Votes
24,449
48.9% share
Winning margin
961
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.9%
of 86,328
Garoth was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 961 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOHANLAL SETHIA | BJP | 24,449 | 48.9% |
| 2 | SATYANARAYAN CHOUBE |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 23,488 | 47.0% |
| 3 | DWARKA PRASAD MISHRA | JNP(SC) | 1,107 | 2.2% |
| 4 | PARWAT SINGH CHOUHAN | IND | 480 | 1.0% |
| 5 | RAM GOPAL GUPTA | IND | 428 | 0.9% |
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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lean1.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.8% · min 1.9% · max 36.1%
How contested is turnout?
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69%
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How crowded is the field?
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1.98
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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1.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.9%INC(I) 47.0%OTH 4.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED