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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 312 · 1998
Jaora
Winner — 1998
MAHENDRA SINGH
INC· INC
INC 50.0%BJP 48.2%5 others 1.8%
Votes
45,345
50.0% share
Winning margin
1,686
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.9%
of 1,27,806
Jaora was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,686 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHENDRA SINGH | INC | 45,345 | 50.0% |
| 2 | DR.RAJENDRA PANDEY | NDA | 43,659 | 48.1% |
| 3 | IQBAL BHAI CHHIPA AZIZ MOHAMMAD | SVSP | 546 | 0.6% |
| 4 | DR. PRAHLAD PATEL | 444 | 0.5% | |
| 5 | GURUMUKH DAS | 259 | 0.3% | |
| 6 | MURLI SHARMA | AJBP | 219 | 0.2% |
| 7 | UMAD SINGH | IND | 196 | 0.2% |
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 11.1% · min 1.9% · max 17.8%
How contested is turnout?
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71%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.07
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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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2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.0%BJP 48.1%OTH 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED