Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2018

Abhanpur

Assembly constituency 53 (GEN) · Chhattisgarh

State boardChhattisgarh 2018

[01]Result · 2018

#53 · GEN

Poll date20 Nov 2018

Contestants12

Electors1,94,173

Votes polled1,60,050

Turnout82.4%

NOTA3,0051.5% of votes

WinnerDhanendra SahuIndian National Congress76,76148.0% of votes

MARGIN23,471 votes · 14.7 pp76,761 − 53,290

Runner-upChandrashekhar Sahu - Champu Bhaiyya Bharatiya Janata Party53,29033.3% of votes

INC 59.0% of top-two votesBJP 41.0%

All candidates 12

01 Dhanendra SahuINC76,761 48.0%
02 Chandrashekhar Sahu - Champu BhaiyyaBJP53,290 33.3%
03 Dayaram NishadJCC(J)21,324 13.3%
04 Bramhanand SahuIND2,249 1.4%
05 Shweta Rakesh SahuIND2,040 1.3%
06 Tikendra Singh ThakurNCP1,242 0.8%
07 Shakuntala MandleIND962 0.6%
08 Sanjay RaiAAP695 0.4%
09 Savitri PalIND582 0.4%
10 BhuneshwarIND479 0.3%
11 Tekeshwar ChaturvediIND244 0.2%
12 Deepak Kumar NavrangeIND182 0.1%

Turnout 82.4%

Male 97,36550.1% Female 96,80049.9%

Share of 1,94,173 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males994
NOTAreported alongside the total3,005 · 1.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 201877.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,60,050Verified

Seat history 2023–2003

2023
8.8 pp
Indra Kumar SahuBharatiya Janata Party
2018
14.7 pp
Dhanendra SahuIndian National Congress
2013
5.9 pp
Dhanendra SahuIndian National Congress
2008
1.2 pp
Chandrashekar Sahu "champu"Bharatiya Janata Party
2003
7.8 pp
Trilochan PatelBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 14.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 81.3% of votes; the other 10 candidates 18.7% between them.
(76,761 + 53,290) ÷ 1,60,050 = 81.3% · 29,999 ÷ 1,60,050 = 18.7%
Turnout of 82.4% was 4.9 pp above the state's median seat (77.5%).
82.4 − 77.5 = +4.9
The margin widened from 5.9 pp in 2013 to 14.7 pp.
14.7 − 5.9 = +8.8 pp
Dhanendra Sahu also won in 2013.
2013 winner name = 2018 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,60,050
NOTAreported alongside the total3,005
Published totalVotes polled1,60,050
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2018 · Chhattisgarh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates12 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 90 seats on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha 2018 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database