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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 245 · 1997 by-elections

Bhojpur

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Winner — 1997 by-elections

Ramkisan Chauhan
BJP
BJP 47.3%INC 42.1%4 others 10.6%
Votes
40,763
47.3% share
Winning margin
4,426
5.1% of votes
Total candidates
6

A clear win with a 5.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Ramkisan Chauhan
BJP
40,76347.3%
2
Bhopati Singh(Badeveer)
INC
36,33742.1%
3
Jatan Singh
GGP
7,5268.7%
4
Prakash Roy
RPI
9911.1%
5
Brajesh Pathak
SDP
3650.4%
6
Md. Sohail
IND
2860.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.1%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 22.1% · min 12.4% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.3%INC 42.1%GGP 8.7%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

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