Constituency
177. Khandwa
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008
MP-KHANDWA
BJP 55.6%won by 25.4%INC 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.9% to 25.4%.
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 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.7% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,01,665
Margin
25,868
25.44%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1DEVENDRA VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP56,47955.6%
- 2DINESH SONKERIndian National Congress · INC30,61130.1%
- 3RAMLAL RAMU SETHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,1797.1%
- 4RAJARAM RAJU PATILBJSH · BJSH3,6923.6%
- 5SWAROOPCHAND CHAKREIndependent · IND2,0772.0%
- 6CHANDRA SINGH SOLANKIIndependent · IND8060.8%
- 7RAO CHANDRAHASLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP4160.4%
- 8SUNDAR LAL ATUTGMS · GMS4050.4%
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
- +1.5%
- BJP share
- 60.0% → 55.6%
- INC share
- 36.1% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —