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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2003

Kanker

Assembly constituency 61 (ST) · Chhattisgarh

State boardChhattisgarh 2003

[01]Result · 2003

#61 · ST
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8
Electors1,33,092
Votes polled91,098
Turnout68.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAghan Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party50,19855.1% of votes
MARGIN25,811 votes · 28.3 pp50,198 − 24,387
Runner-upShyama Dhruwa Indian National Congress24,38726.8% of votes
BJP 67.3% of top-two votesINC 32.7%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Aghan Singh ThakurBJP50,198 55.1%
  2. 02 Shyama DhruwaINC24,387 26.8%
  3. 03 Bhagwat NetamNCP7,970 8.8%
  4. 04 Ramesh NetamIND3,832 4.2%
  5. 05 Avinash ThakurJD(U)2,008 2.2%
  6. 06 Rajendra Kumar ThakurSP973 1.1%
  7. 07 Rameshwar Singh DhruwaCSP902 1.0%
  8. 08 Prakash Chandra BhandariYGP819 0.9%

Turnout 68.4%

025507510068.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 72.2%
Male 64,93348.8% Female 68,15951.2%

Share of 1,33,092 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,050
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 200372.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 91,089Residual 9

Seat history 2023–2003

  1. 2023
    7.3 pp
    Kunwer Singh NishadIndian National Congress
  2. 2018
    30.5 pp
    Kunwer Singh NishadIndian National Congress
  3. 2013
    13.0 pp
    Rajendra Kumar RaiIndian National Congress
  4. 2008
    1.9 pp
    Virendra Kumar SahuBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2003
    28.3 pp
    Aghan Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 81.9% of votes; the other 6 candidates 18.1% between them.

    (50,198 + 24,387) ÷ 91,098 = 81.9% · 16,504 ÷ 91,098 = 18.1%

  2. Turnout of 68.4% was 3.8 pp below the state's median seat (72.2%).

    68.4 − 72.2 = −3.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines91,089
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled91,098
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2003 · Chhattisgarh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 90 seats on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha 2003 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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