ChandlaAssembly by-election result, 1998
Bundela Vijay Bahadur Singh (SP) won Chandla in the 1998 assembly by-election with 31.6% of the vote, beating Rajkishor Tiwari (BJP) by 2,819 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 51 was Sirmaur. It kept its number when seats were renumbered in 2003, after Chhattisgarh became a separate state. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2003. From 2008, seat no. 51 is Chhatarpur. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A closely fought contest. Bundela Vijay Bahadur Singh won with a 3.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bundela Vijay Bahadur Singh | 28,43531.6% | |
| 2 | Rajkishor Tiwari | 25,61628.5% | |
| 3 | Mangal Singh | 25,45428.3% | |
| 4 | Yogesh | 8,6549.6% | |
| 5 | Shiv Singh IND | IND | 8771.0% |
| 6 | Aslam Khan | 6090.7% | |
| 7 | Sharwan Gaurav Tiwari SSP | SSP | 3100.3% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 88% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.70 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Chandla, 1977–2003
- 1977RAGHUNATH SINGH KALYAN SINGH (JNP), margin 32.2%
- 1980CHATURVEDI SATYAVRAT (INC(I)), margin 19.6%
- 1985SHYAM BEHARI PATHAK (INC), margin 1.7%
- 1990ANSARI MOHD. GANI (BJP), margin 5.7%
- 1993SATYA BRAT CHATURVEDI (INC), margin 14.9%
- 1998KUNWARVIJAYBAHADURSINGH BUNDELA (SP), margin 11.4%
- 2003BUNDELA VIJAY BAHADUR SINGH (SP), margin 5.7%