Constituency
19. Dharamjaigarh
Community mirrorChhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008
CG-DHARAMJAIGARH
BJP 39.8%won by 2.6%INC 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.5% to 2.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,31,600
Margin
3,367
2.56%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1OM PRAKASH RATHIYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP52,43539.8%
- 2CHANESH RAM RATHIYAIndian National Congress · INC49,06837.3%
- 3NRIPATSINGH RATHIYAIndependent · IND10,3067.8%
- 4AMRIT TIRKEYIndependent · IND7,1445.4%
- 5SADHURAM RATHIYABahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,0613.8%
- 6JAGATRAM MAJHIIndependent · IND3,4412.6%
- 7TILAK SAIIndependent · IND3,0812.3%
- 8AMAR KUMAR RATHIYAIndependent · IND1,0640.8%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −12.9%
- BJP share
- 49.6% → 39.8%
- INC share
- 34.2% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- — → —