Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2018

Jagdalpur

Assembly constituency 86 (GEN) · Chhattisgarh

State boardChhattisgarh 2018

[01]Result · 2018

#86 · GEN

Poll date20 Nov 2018

Contestants21

Electors1,84,420

Votes polled1,43,715

Turnout77.9%

NOTA9360.5% of votes

WinnerRekhchand JainIndian National Congress76,55653.3% of votes

MARGIN27,440 votes · 19.1 pp76,556 − 49,116

Runner-upSantosh Bafna Bharatiya Janata Party49,11634.2% of votes

INC 60.9% of top-two votesBJP 39.1%

All candidates 21

01 Rekhchand JainINC76,556 53.3%
02 Santosh BafnaBJP49,116 34.2%
03 Mangalram KashyapCPI3,020 2.1%
04 Amit PandeyJCC(J)2,801 2.0%
05 Naseem QureshiIND2,306 1.6%
06 Pappuram NagIND1,382 1.0%
07 Surendra ChalkiIPBP1,233 0.9%
08 Kariya DiwanSHS1,081 0.8%
09 Jagatram NagIND1,075 0.8%
10 Rohit Singh AryaAAP861 0.6%
11 Saroj YadavRJP717 0.5%
12 Palanram SahuIND488 0.3%
13 Shyam GhoshBPP475 0.3%
14 Munnaram BaghelIND410 0.3%
15 ShivcharanABSKP389 0.3%
16 Salim RazaIND357 0.3%
17 Purushottam ShuklaRGP346 0.2%
18 Virendra Vaidh(SINHA)RJP335 0.2%
19 Vimlesh DubeySP287 0.2%
20 Nandlal Gupta(NANDU BHAIYYA)BNIP267 0.2%
21 Yashoda VishwakarmaIND213 0.2%

Turnout 77.9%

Male 89,44848.5% Female 94,94951.5%

Share of 1,84,420 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,061
NOTAreported alongside the total936 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 201877.5%
ReconciliationΣ 21 candidates = 1,43,715Verified

Seat history 2023–2003

2023
18.6 pp
Kiran DeoBharatiya Janata Party
2018
19.1 pp
Rekhchand JainIndian National Congress
2013
13.2 pp
Santosh BafnaBharatiya Janata Party
2008
15.3 pp
Santosh BafnaBharatiya Janata Party
2003
0.0 pp
Udai MudliyarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 87.4% of votes; the other 19 candidates 12.6% between them.
(76,556 + 49,116) ÷ 1,43,715 = 87.4% · 18,043 ÷ 1,43,715 = 12.6%
Turnout of 77.9% was 0.4 pp above the state's median seat (77.5%).
77.9 − 77.5 = +0.4
The margin widened from 13.2 pp in 2013 to 19.1 pp.
19.1 − 13.2 = +5.9 pp
Santosh Bafna, 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 21 candidate lines1,43,715
NOTAreported alongside the total936
Published totalVotes polled1,43,715
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

Candidates21 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