Betul
Assembly constituency 141 (GEN) · Madhya Pradesh
[01]Result · 2003
#141 · GENAll candidates 9
Turnout 69.3%
Share of 1,49,257 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males922
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 230 seats, 200368.5%
- ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,03,221Residual 157
Seat history 2023–1962
- 2023
20.1 ppSurendra PatwaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2018
17.0 ppSurendra PatwaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2013
12.9 ppSurendra PatwaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2008
13.8 ppSurendra PatwaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2003
6.4 ppShiv Prasad RathoreBharatiya Janata Party
- 2000
11.8 ppAmitesh ShuklaIndian National Congress
- 1998
24.7 ppShyamcharan ShuklaIndian National Congress
- 1993
40.1 ppShyamcharan ShuklaIndian National Congress
- 1990
38.3 ppShyama Charan ShuklaIndian National Congress
- 1985
26.3 ppPunit Ram SahuBharatiya Janata Party
- 1980
0.6 ppJiwanlal SahuIndian National Congress
- 1977
22.7 ppPawan Diwan SukhramdharJanata Party
- 1972
60.7 ppMotilal VoraIndian National Congress
- 1967
33.2 ppR. JhaIndian National Congress
- 1962
10.5 ppEknathIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 60.7 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed SP polled 11,978 votes, 1.8× the 6,566-vote margin.
11,978 ÷ 6,566 = 1.8 -
The top two polled 81.5% of votes; the other 7 candidates 18.3% between them.
(45,417 + 38,851) ÷ 1,03,378 = 81.5% · 18,953 ÷ 1,03,378 = 18.3% -
Turnout of 69.3% was 0.8 pp above the state's median seat (68.5%).
69.3 − 68.5 = +0.8 -
The margin narrowed from 11.8 pp in 2000 to 6.4 pp.
6.4 − 11.8 = −5.4 pp -
The seat changed hands: INC in 2000, BJP in 2003.
2000 INC · 2003 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines1,03,221
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,03,378
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 157
Candidate votes miss the published total by 157, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2003 · Madhya Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 230 seats on the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2003 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database