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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 233 · 1998Reserved (SC)
Amla
Winner — 1998
HEERA CHAND CHANDELKAR
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 41.7%INC 40.2%6 others 18.1%
Votes
18,369
41.7% share
Winning margin
657
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
43.4%
of 1,01,625
Amla was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 657 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEERA CHAND CHANDELKAR | BJP (NDA) | 18,369 | 41.7% |
| 2 | CHAITRAM MANEKAR | INC | 17,712 | 40.2% |
| 3 | AZAD CHANDRASHEKHAR PANDOLE(SAMAJSEWAK) | IND | 3,007 | 6.8% |
| 4 | NAMDEV NAGLE ADHIVAKTA | IND | 1,823 | 4.1% |
| 5 | RAMCHARAN ATULKAR | BSP | 1,762 | 4.0% |
| 6 | MEERA CHHIPNE | 563 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | WAMANRAO PARDHI | IND | 478 | 1.1% |
| 8 | UDAYRAM KHADSE | SDP(MP) | 348 | 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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.5%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.1% · min 0.1% · max 32.1%
How contested is turnout?
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43%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.91
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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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2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.7%INC 40.2%IND 6.8%OTH 11.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED