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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 34 · 2003

Akaltara

Winner — 2003

RAMADHAR
INC· INC
INC 31.7%BJP 30.5%9 others 37.8%
Votes
37,368
31.7% share
Winning margin
1,430
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
71.7%
of 1,64,259

Akaltara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 1,430 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMADHAR
INC
37,36831.7%
2
CHHATARAM
NDA
35,93830.5%
3
DURGA CHARAN
BSP
21,99018.7%
4
LAXMAN PRASAD
NCP
12,84310.9%
5
BHAGWAT PRASAD
IND
3,5763.0%
6
NEHAL
1,5201.3%
7
KULDEEP PATLE
IND
1,4591.2%
8
KALANATH
IND
1,2831.1%
9
FENKAN SINGH
LPSP
7670.7%
10
DWARIKA PRASAD LAHRE
CSP
5660.5%
11
PALURAM
Samajwadi Party
5180.4%

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.

Average turnout (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 3.4% · min 1.1% · max 7.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
63rd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
78th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.7%BJP 30.5%BSP 18.7%NCP 10.9%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,19,707
Density
420 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,853 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population11.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.6%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.6%
Electricity89.8%
Sanitation15.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.2%
Children fully vaccinated85.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate74.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.2%
Clean cooking fuel24.8%
Health insurance74.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kosa
Larger of the two Temples (Old Vaishnava Temple)

Larger of the two Temples (Old Vaishnava Temple)

🏛️MonumentASI

Larger of the two Temples (Old Vaishnava Temple)

Small Temple (Small Vaishnava Temple)

Small Temple (Small Vaishnava Temple)

🏛️MonumentASI

Small Temple (Small Vaishnava Temple)

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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