Constituency
20. Dabra
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2003
MP-DABRA
BJP 27.4%won by 0.6%INC 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.0% to 0.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 769 votes (0.65%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,19,029
Margin
769
0.65%
Candidates
18 contested · winner BJP- 1DR. NAROTTAM MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP32,65327.4%
- 2RAM SEWAK SINGH (BABUJI )Indian National Congress · INC31,88426.8%
- 3JAWAHAR SINGH RAWATIndependent · IND16,97214.3%
- 4VACHAN SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,9088.3%
- 5SITA RAM DUBEYSamajwadi Party · SP6,6515.6%
- 6RAGHUBIR SINGHIndependent · IND5,5124.6%
- 7MAHENDRA SINGH RAWATRSMD · RSMD5,2534.4%
- 8VIJAY SINGHIndependent · IND2,7642.3%
- 9RAJESH RAWATIndependent · IND1,8271.5%
- 10MAHESH CHANDRA SHASTRIIndependent · IND1,2041.0%
- 11HARI SINGHIndependent · IND9030.8%
- 12DAYA RAM SAHUPSJP · PSJP7850.7%
- 13UMA KANT SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND5880.5%
- 14DALVEER SINGH GILLRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD4850.4%
- 15LAKKHI THAKURLSWP · LSWP4310.4%
- 16BADRI SINGH KOTIYAIndependent · IND4150.3%
- 17LEELA SHAKYAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM4110.3%
- 18MAHESH KUMARIndependent · IND3830.3%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −8.4%
- BJP share
- 28.3% → 27.4%
- INC share
- 19.3% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- — → —