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61. Chitrakoot

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008

MP-CHITRAKOOT

BJP 26.2%won by 0.8%INC 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 13.5% to 26.2% of the vote here (+12.7%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 722 votes (0.76%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
95,101
Margin
722
0.76%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SURENDRA SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,95526.2%
  2. 2PREM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC24,23325.5%
  3. 3RANJAN VAJPAYEEBahujan Samaj Party · BSP18,53419.5%
  4. 4BADRI PATELRSMD · RSMD5,7116.0%
  5. 5RAMROOP PATELBJSH · BJSH3,2153.4%
  6. 6ANAND CHAUBEYIndependent · IND2,2122.3%
  7. 7CHANDAN SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,9942.1%
  8. 8ADVOCATE GANESH SENGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP1,9432.0%
  9. 9BHAGAWAT PRASADIndependent · IND1,6811.8%
  10. 10HARDEV SINGH MARAVIGMS · GMS1,5791.7%
  11. 11AVADHA BIHARI MISHRAIndependent · IND1,3101.4%
  12. 12DADULAL "SARAL"Independent · IND1,2221.3%
  13. 13RAJVANT SINGH "RAJU"Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,0731.1%
  14. 14SAVITRI PANDEYIndependent · IND9411.0%
  15. 15SURESH KUMAR MISHRASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP7950.8%
  16. 16BHAI ASHOK KUMARIJP · IJP7170.8%
  17. 17ANIL DWIVEDIIndependent · IND6820.7%
  18. 18KASTURI BAI SENLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP6480.7%
  19. 19SATYA PRAKASH TRIPATHIIndependent · IND5910.6%
  20. 20RAMKISHOR ALIAS BUDDHUIndependent · IND5490.6%
  21. 21USHA DEVI VERMAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5160.5%

Since 2003

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+19.8%
BJP share
13.5% → 26.2%
INC share
32.6% → 25.5%
Turnout
— → —
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