Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2018

Dongargarh

Assembly constituency 74 (SC) · Chhattisgarh

State boardChhattisgarh 2018

[01]Result · 2018

#74 · SC

Poll date20 Nov 2018

Contestants10

Electors1,94,042

Votes polled1,56,679

Turnout80.7%

NOTA3,8962.0% of votes

WinnerBhuneshwar Shobharam BaghelIndian National Congress86,94955.5% of votes

MARGIN35,418 votes · 22.6 pp86,949 − 51,531

Runner-upSarojani Banjare Bharatiya Janata Party51,53132.9% of votes

INC 62.8% of top-two votesBJP 37.2%

All candidates 10

01 Bhuneshwar Shobharam BaghelINC86,949 55.5%
02 Sarojani BanjareBJP51,531 32.9%
03 Tarun Kumar HathelIND6,699 4.3%
04 Mishri Lal MarkandeBSP5,388 3.4%
05 Dilip Kumar LahareGGP1,407 0.9%
06 Yuvraj SirmaurIND1,312 0.8%
07 Anil Kumar UmareAPI1,033 0.7%
08 Yeeshu ChandeyAAP887 0.6%
09 Vijendra BorkerIND880 0.6%
10 Mohan KotleIND593 0.4%

Turnout 80.7%

Male 97,47350.2% Female 96,56249.8%

Share of 1,94,042 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males991
NOTAreported alongside the total3,896 · 2.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 201877.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,56,679Verified

Seat history 2023–2003

2023
8.4 pp
Harshita Swami BaghelIndian National Congress
2018
22.6 pp
Bhuneshwar Shobharam BaghelIndian National Congress
2013
3.3 pp
Sarojani BanjareBharatiya Janata Party
2008
6.1 pp
Ramji BhartiBharatiya Janata Party
2003
16.4 pp
Ravindra ChoubeyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 22.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 88.4% of votes; the other 8 candidates 11.6% between them.
(86,949 + 51,531) ÷ 1,56,679 = 88.4% · 18,199 ÷ 1,56,679 = 11.6%
Turnout of 80.7% was 3.2 pp above the state's median seat (77.5%).
80.7 − 77.5 = +3.2
The margin widened from 3.3 pp in 2013 to 22.6 pp.
22.6 − 3.3 = +19.3 pp
Sarojani Banjare, the 2013 winner, finished second in 2018.
2013 winner name = 2018 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines1,56,679
NOTAreported alongside the total3,896
Published totalVotes polled1,56,679
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

Candidates10 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