Constituency
64. Durg City
Community mirrorChhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008
CG-DURG-CITY
BJP 46.9%won by 0.6%INC 46.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.3% to 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 87.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 702 votes (0.61%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,14,662
Margin
702
0.61%
Candidates
11 contested · winner BJP- 1HEMCHAND YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP53,80346.9%
- 2ARUN VORAIndian National Congress · INC53,10146.3%
- 3DAALCHAND BHAI SURANABahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,3292.9%
- 4DEEPAK SAHUIndependent · IND2,0071.8%
- 5KAWAL SINGH GAYAKWADIndependent · IND6930.6%
- 6ANAND GAUTAMIndependent · IND6600.6%
- 7ISHWARI SONIBJSH · BJSH4440.4%
- 8ARUN JOSHIIndependent · IND2360.2%
- 9RAJU GODBOLERPIA · RPIA1460.1%
- 10PINKI SAVANTCMM · CMM1290.1%
- 11KEWAL RAM VERMAGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP1140.1%
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
- −9.7%
- BJP share
- 49.0% → 46.9%
- INC share
- 38.7% → 46.3%
- Turnout
- — → —