Constituency
138. Sohagpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008
MP-SOHAGPUR
BJP 48.4%won by 14.2%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 14.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.7% of the vote between them, up from 53.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,16,812
Margin
16,541
14.16%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1VIJAYPAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP56,57848.4%
- 2MEHARBAN SINGH PATELIndian National Congress · INC40,03734.3%
- 3KULDEEP SINGH PATELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,5943.1%
- 4RAMKISHORSamajwadi Party · SP3,4723.0%
- 5SHEKH SINKANDARIndependent · IND2,9722.5%
- 6MOTIRAM TEKAMSWJP · SWJP1,7841.5%
- 7BAHADUR SINGH SARYAMIndependent · IND1,7161.5%
- 8SYAMSINGHIndependent · IND1,5441.3%
- 9BRIJMOHAN PARSAIIndependent · IND1,1501.0%
- 10RAKESH DONGREIndependent · IND9850.8%
- 11MOOLCHAND KEWATIndependent · IND9550.8%
- 12AMITABH TIWARIIndependent · IND8620.7%
- 13MUKESH TIWARI (DILIPIndependent · IND6500.6%
- 14NARMADA PRASAD PARTEIndependent · IND5130.4%
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
- −3.7%
- BJP share
- 35.7% → 48.4%
- INC share
- 17.8% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —