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Constituency

55. Damoh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008

MP-DAMOH

BJP 42.1%won by 0.1%INC 42.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 0.1%.

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 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 130 votes (0.11%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,19,938
Margin
130
0.11%

Since 2003

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−9.9%
BJP share
46.7% 42.1%
INC share
36.7% 42.0%
Turnout