GEN · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999
Mahasamund
Pawan Diwan (INC) won by 6,940 votes (1.1%).
- Electors
- 10,18,379
- Votes polled
- 6,25,749
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 61.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 1.1% (median 9.4%). Back to Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 2.3%(-4.9%)
- Turnout
- 64.6%(-1.5%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.6%
Winning margin over time · Mahasamund
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawan DiwanWinner | INC | 2,50,521 | 41.4% |
| 2 | Chandra Sekhar | BJP | 2,43,581 | 40.3% |
| 3 | Janki Devi Dhruv | BSP | 32,984 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Tensingh Patel | IND | 15,418 | 2.5% |
| 5 | Ramgopal Kashyap | CMM | 9,449 | 1.6% |
| 6 | Ganpat Ram Sen | IND | 6,144 | 1.0% |
| 7 | Chandrika Sahu | AIIC(T) | 5,804 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Lalit Chander Nahu | IND | 5,734 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Charanlal Sahu | IND | 4,484 | 0.7% |
| 10 | Dr. Goju Pal | RPI | 4,446 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Bhai Thakur | IND | 3,262 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Bhagvad Prasad Kosriya | IND | 3,121 | 0.5% |
| 13 | Manbodhi Yadav | IND | 2,799 | 0.5% |
| 14 | Tulsi Ram Ouser | IND | 2,557 | 0.4% |
| 15 | Ghanshyam Sahu | IND | 2,065 | 0.3% |
| 16 | Mahender Kumar Singh | IND | 1,996 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Davash Chauhan | IND | 1,828 | 0.3% |
| 18 | Sultan Singh Satnam | IND | 1,513 | 0.3% |
| 19 | Gunnidhi Lal | IND | 1,308 | 0.2% |
| 20 | Naresh Chander Srivastav | IND | 1,268 | 0.2% |
| 21 | Ashok Bhargav | IND | 994 | 0.2% |
| 22 | Sunder Singh Barya | IND | 889 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Shyam Lal Sahu | IND | 658 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Dr. Kanhaya Lal Sharma | IND | 485 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Dhruwdhar Diwan | IND | 465 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Shatrughan | IND | 458 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Sridhar Chandrakar | IND | 454 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Hemant Kumar Devangan | IND | 332 | 0.1% |
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