Constituency
85. Sohagpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2003
MP-SOHAGPUR
BJP 35.7%won by 17.9%INC 17.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 17.9%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 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
1,15,724
Margin
20,707
17.89%
Candidates
23 contested · winner BJP- 1CHHOTE LAL SARAWAGI ( KHUDDI BHAIYA )Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,35535.7%
- 2SHIV KUMAR NAMDEOIndian National Congress · INC20,64817.8%
- 3SIKANDAR KHANJanata Dal (United) · JDU14,90712.9%
- 4SHRIMATI GEETA SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,8826.8%
- 5NATHULALIndependent · IND4,9674.3%
- 6ARORA HARISH ' BITTU'Nationalist Congress Party · NCP4,9074.2%
- 7PUSHPENDRA SINGHShiv Sena · SHS3,8823.4%
- 8SANTOSHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1472.7%
- 9BALDEV PRASADRSMD · RSMD1,5191.3%
- 10BHAI ONKAR SAHUIndependent · IND1,4441.2%
- 11SHABNAM MOUSIIndependent · IND1,4011.2%
- 12MANNA NAYAKIndependent · IND1,3151.1%
- 13MUNNA LAL CHOUDHARIIndependent · IND1,0950.9%
- 14DAYASHANKAR TIWARIIndependent · IND1,0280.9%
- 15BHAI KAILASH MAHOBIYAIndependent · IND9870.9%
- 16SUNIL JAINIndependent · IND9200.8%
- 17KAMTAIndependent · IND8540.7%
- 18RAJSHREE SHARMASamajwadi Party · SP8010.7%
- 19KAMRED KAILASH GUPTARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP6500.6%
- 20MAHAVEER PRASAD BERMAIndependent · IND6270.5%
- 21RAMUJAGARIndependent · IND5390.5%
- 22ABUDAL HABIBIndependent · IND5360.5%
- 23SUDHEER KUMAR SAINIIndependent · IND3130.3%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +20.1%
- BJP share
- 34.5% → 35.7%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 17.8%
- Turnout
- — → —