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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 257 · 1985
Gulana
Winner — 1985
LAXMAN SINGH DODIYA
INC· INC
INC 44.6%BJP 42.7%8 others 12.7%
Votes
26,915
44.6% share
Winning margin
1,195
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
64.9%
of 92,970
Gulana was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 1,195 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAXMAN SINGH DODIYA | INC | 26,915 | 44.6% |
| 2 | VIJENDRA SINGH SISODIYA | BJP | 25,720 | 42.6% |
| 3 | PRATIBHA | IND | 2,338 | 3.9% |
| 4 | HARICHARAN | IND | 1,662 | 2.8% |
| 5 | OM PRAKASH SHARMA | Lok Dal | 1,043 | 1.7% |
| 6 | RAM CHARAN | IND | 726 | 1.2% |
| 7 | AMBHARAM | IND | 629 | 1.0% |
| 8 | PRAM NARAYAN SAXENA | Janata | 527 | 0.9% |
| 9 | SARDAR KHAN | IND | 445 | 0.7% |
| 10 | BABU KHAN | IND | 293 | 0.5% |
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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lean2.0%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 10.0% · min 2.0% · max 20.6%
How contested is turnout?
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75%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.07
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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2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.6%BJP 42.6%OTH 12.7%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED