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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 31 · 2003

Bilha

Winner — 2003

SIYARAM KAUSHIK
INC· INC
INC 45.4%BJP 39.2%8 others 15.5%
Votes
48,028
45.4% share
Winning margin
6,551
6.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
71.9%
of 1,47,345

A clear win with a 6.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SIYARAM KAUSHIK
INC
48,02845.4%
2
DHARAM KAUSHIK
NDA
41,47739.2%
3
RAMJHOOL SAHU
BSP
3,9643.7%
4
RAMESH KUMAR LAHRE
IND
3,1483.0%
5
DR. BALMUKUND SINGH MARAVI
2,4512.3%
6
RAJESH PANDEY
NCP
2,4092.3%
7
ANGESHWAR SAHU
Samajwadi Party
1,4781.4%
8
DR. B.R. TIRTHANI
ABJS
1,4621.4%
9
GHASIRAM
7740.7%
10
RAJPAL TANDON
CSP
6940.7%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (82nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
6.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.1% · min 4.3% · max 10.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
82nd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
80th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.4%BJP 39.2%OTH 15.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,63,629
Density
322 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,272 km²
SC population20.8%
ST population18.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity84.4%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.4%
Children fully vaccinated52.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.7%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.5%
Women literate72.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.2%
Health insurance60.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Black Rice🏺Groundnuts

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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