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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 317 · 1980
Sitamau
Winner — 1980
KAILASH CHAWLA
BJP· BJP
BJP 48.5%INC(I) 47.6%3 others 4.0%
Votes
27,484
48.5% share
Winning margin
509
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.0%
of 84,643
Sitamau was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 509 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAILASH CHAWLA | BJP | 27,484 | 48.5% |
| 2 | DHANSUKHLAL BHACHAWAT |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 26,975 | 47.6% |
| 3 | MOHAN SINGH CHOUHAN | JNP(SC) | 1,058 | 1.9% |
| 4 | MANOHARLAL KUDAR | JNP(JP) | 761 | 1.3% |
| 5 | LUXMINARAYAN NANALAL SONI | IND | 440 | 0.8% |
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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lean0.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.9% · min 0.8% · max 21.2%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.26
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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2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.5%INC(I) 47.6%OTH 4.0%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED