MaheshwarAssembly by-election result, 2012
Mev Raj Kumar (BJP) won Maheshwar in the 2012 assembly by-election with 57.4% of the vote, beating D.S.Sadho (INC) by 31,766 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2008 election. In 2003, seat no. 183 was Indore-IV. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Mev Raj Kumar won by 21.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mev Raj Kumar | 85,03757.4% | |
| 2 | D.S.Sadho | 53,27135.9% | |
| 3 | Sunita Tatware IND | IND | 3,6702.5% |
| 4 | R. Badole IND | IND | 2,5471.7% |
| 5 | D. Pancholi AJMS | AJMS | 1,1940.8% |
| 6 | D. Sadho IND | IND | 1,0150.7% |
| 7 | Kailash Rokade IND | IND | 4070.3% |
| 8 | Dr. R. S. Solanki | 3380.2% | |
| 9 | G. Tukaram IND | IND | 2950.2% |
| 10 | G. Kalya IND | IND | 1560.1% |
| 11 | Rajendra Shahani | 1530.1% | |
| 12 | G. Babulal IND | IND | 1440.1% |
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?
BJP and INC took 93% 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?
Khargone (West Nimar) district · 18.7 lakh people · Census 2011
Known for Chilli.
this districtdashed line = India
Who lives here?
What faith is practised here?
- Hindu92.1%
- Muslim7.2%
- Jain0.3%
- Sikh0.1%
- Christian0.1%
- Buddhist<0.1%
- Not stated0.1%
Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet
Health and family
What's nearby?
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