BurhanpurAssembly by-election result, 1999
Manjushree Shivkumarsingh (INC) won Burhanpur in the 1999 assembly by-election with 60.5% of the vote, beating A. Rub (Independent) by 26,295 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 287 was Ratlam. Seats were renumbered for the 2003 election, after Chhattisgarh became a separate state. From 2003, there is no seat no. 287. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Manjushree Shivkumarsingh won by 31.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manjushree Shivkumarsingh | 50,58060.5% | |
| 2 | A. Rub IND | IND | 24,28529.1% |
| 3 | Dilip Shroff | 7,6299.1% | |
| 4 | Dr. Sanjay Balkrishan Rokhale IND | IND | 1,0521.3% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
INC and an independent took 90% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.18 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
Ask the state
RBI 2024-25Figures for the state as a whole, not for this seat.
Who has won Burhanpur, 1977–1998
- 1977SHIV KUMAR SINGH NAWAL SINGH (INC), margin 10.7%
- 1980MD. HAROON MD. AMIN. (INC(I)), margin 15.5%
- 1985FIROZA AHSAN ALI (INC), margin 9.0%
- 1990SHIV KUMAR SINGH NAVAL SINGH (JD), margin 32.7%
- 1993MAHANT SWAMI UMESH MUNI GURU SWAMI SANT RAM JI (IND), margin 0.4%
- 1998SHIVKUMAR SINGH NAWALSINGH (IND), margin 7.4%