Constituency
74. Dongargarh
Community mirrorChhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008
CG-DONGARGARH
BJP 47.3%won by 6.1%INC 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.3% to 6.1%.
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 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
1,21,216
Margin
7,415
6.12%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1RAMJI BHARTIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP57,31547.3%
- 2DHANESH PATILAIndian National Congress · INC49,90041.2%
- 3DAYALU CHANDELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,6014.6%
- 4RAMESHWAR RAMTEKEIndependent · IND2,8152.3%
- 5SMT. RAJESHWARI CHANDNEIndependent · IND1,7571.4%
- 6PURAN BAGHELIndependent · IND1,4121.2%
- 7NARAD RAM AADILShiv Sena · SHS1,3401.1%
- 8PALTOO RAM LAHREIndependent · IND5570.5%
- 9SUJATA JANGAMLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP5190.4%
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
- −7.2%
- BJP share
- 50.9% → 47.3%
- INC share
- 37.5% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —