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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 240 · 1985
Bhopal North
Winner — 1985
RASUL AHMAD SIDDIQUI
INC· INC
INC 53.7%BJP 28.7%12 others 17.6%
Votes
30,178
53.7% share
Winning margin
14,071
25.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
51.6%
of 1,08,739
Bhopal North is a safe seat — RASUL AHMAD SIDDIQUI won by 25.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RASUL AHMAD SIDDIQUI | INC | 30,178 | 53.7% |
| 2 | SEWAK RAM SOBHANI | BJP | 16,107 | 28.7% |
| 3 | SHAHNAWAZ KHAN | Left | 8,396 | 14.9% |
| 4 | JAGDISH | IND | 393 | 0.7% |
| 5 | JAMIL MOHD. KHAN | IND | 243 | 0.4% |
| 6 | ABDUL WAHID | IND | 144 | 0.3% |
| 7 | KHALID MOHAMMAD | IND | 138 | 0.3% |
| 8 | AMJAL ALI | IND | 123 | 0.2% |
| 9 | VIDYA JAIN | IND | 111 | 0.2% |
| 10 | BHAG CHAND | IND | 82 | 0.1% |
| 11 | BRIJLAL BATRA | IND | 75 | 0.1% |
| 12 | BHARAT LAL | IND | 75 | 0.1% |
| 13 | SHRINARAYAN SIMHAL | IND | 54 | 0.1% |
| 14 | CHANDRA MOHAN SAXENA | IND | 35 | 0.1% |
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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lean25.1%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.0% · min 2.9% · max 32.2%
How contested is turnout?
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68%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.11
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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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2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.7%BJP 28.7%CPI 14.9%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED