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Chhattisgarh · Assembly Constituency 58 · 2023

Dhamtari

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Winner — 2023

Onkar Sahu
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 48.4%BJP 47.0%11 others 4.6%
Votes
88,544
48.4% share
Winning margin
2,606
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
83.0%
of 2,20,402

Dhamtari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 2,606 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

0 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Onkar Sahu
INC
INC (UPA)
88,54448.4%
2
Ranjna Dipendra Sahu
BJP
85,93847.0%
—
NOTA
NOTA
2,6951.5%
4
Ghanaram Sahu
BSP
1,1020.6%
5
Geeta Sarthi
SUCI
8750.5%
6
Aman Kumar Kosriya
IND
6360.3%
7
Lukeshwari Surendra Sahu
IND
6270.3%
8
Nikhilesh Dewan Sahu
JCGP
5470.3%
9
Balram Mandavi
HMR
4580.3%
10
Niranjan Patel
BSCP
4220.2%
11
Firoz Khan Apna
JCCJ
3750.2%
12
Sadik Husain Baba Bhai
RSTHNDEKD
3190.2%
13
Rohit Kumar
IND
2430.1%

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 (22nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.0% · min 0.3% · max 19.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
22nd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
30th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.4%BJP 47.0%OTH 3.1%NOTA 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,99,781
Density
196 / km²
Sex ratio
1010 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,084 km²
SC population7.3%
ST population26.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 97.2%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.4%
Electricity88.5%
Sanitation29.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.3%
Children fully vaccinated80.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.5%
Children underweight (under 5)28.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.6%
Women literate82.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.8%
Clean cooking fuel30.9%
Health insurance86.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Rice

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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