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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 297 · 1998Reserved (ST)
Barwani
Winner — 1998
PREM SINGH PATEL
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 50.4%INC 48.5%1 others 1.2%
Votes
38,708
50.4% share
Winning margin
1,463
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
63.3%
of 1,21,454
Barwani was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,463 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PREM SINGH PATEL | BJP (NDA) | 38,708 | 50.4% |
| 2 | SAYSINGH PATEL | INC | 37,245 | 48.5% |
| 3 | JAGDISH UMRAOSINGH PATEL | AJBP | 914 | 1.2% |
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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lean1.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.2% · min 1.9% · max 27.2%
How contested is turnout?
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63%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.05
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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2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.4%INC 48.5%OTH 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED