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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 234 · 1998
Budhni
Winner — 1998
DEV KUMAR PATEL
INC· INC
INC 46.8%BJP 44.9%4 others 8.3%
Votes
44,855
46.8% share
Winning margin
1,774
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
69.0%
of 1,39,065
Budhni was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,774 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEV KUMAR PATEL | INC | 44,855 | 46.8% |
| 2 | GURU PRASAD SHARMA | NDA | 43,081 | 44.9% |
| 3 | KRISHNA KUMAR | IND | 4,883 | 5.1% |
| 4 | LAXMINARAYAN PAWAR | AJBP | 1,472 | 1.5% |
| 5 | BHIM SHANKER ALIAS PRADEEP DUBEY | 1,040 | 1.1% | |
| 6 | NATHU PRASAD ARYA (MANJHI) | IND | 566 | 0.6% |
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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safe1.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.7% · min 1.9% · max 33.2%
How contested is turnout?
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69%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.36
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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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2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.8%BJP 44.9%IND 5.1%OTH 3.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED