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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 10 · 2023

Ambikapur

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Winner — 2023

Rajesh Agrawal
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 46.3%INC 46.3%12 others 7.4%
Votes
90,780
46.3% share
Winning margin
94
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
76.4%
of 2,56,691

Ambikapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 94 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.47 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Rajesh Agrawal
BJP
BJP (NDA)
90,78046.3%
2
T. S. Baba
INC
90,68646.3%
3
Balsai Korram
GGP
6,0833.1%
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NOTA
NOTA
2,1681.1%
5
Rakesh Kumar Sahu
IND
1,3180.7%
6
Abdul Majid
JCCJ
1,1930.6%
7
Mukesh Goswami
IND
8670.4%
8
Ramnandan Paikra
HMR
7190.4%
9
Meera Ravi
IND
5630.3%
10
Aster Xalxo
IND
3520.2%
11
Kranti Kumar
IND
3350.2%
12
Anil Shrivastava Roti Party
IND
3110.2%
13
Sujan Bind
RMGP
2880.1%
14
Santosh Vishvakarma
BSCP
2510.1%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (56th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.1% · max 22.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
56th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
45th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 46.3%INC 46.3%OTH 6.3%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.47 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,59,886
Density
150 / km²
Sex ratio
978 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,732 km²
SC population4.9%
ST population55.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.1%Other 9.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.1%
Electricity48.6%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.3%
Women literate71.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Clean cooking fuel24.5%
Health insurance65.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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Jogimara caves

Jogimara caves

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Jogimara caves

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Sitabengra caves

Sitabengra caves

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Sitabengra caves

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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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