ST · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999
Kanker
Sohan Potai (BJP) won by 54,370 votes (9.3%).
- Electors
- 9,99,132
- Votes polled
- 6,08,280
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 60.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 9.3% (median 7.6%). Back to Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1998 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 15.4%(+6.1%)
- Turnout
- 56.5%(-4.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.4%
Winning margin over time · Kanker
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sohan PotaiWinner | BJP | 2,70,121 | 46.0% |
| 2 | Mahendra Karma | INC | 2,15,751 | 36.7% |
| 3 | Arvind Netam | BSP | 39,622 | 6.7% |
| 4 | Ramnath Sarfe | CPI | 28,536 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Anjor Singh Gond | CMM | 20,928 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Amalsai Sori | GGP | 5,590 | 1.0% |
| 7 | Avinash Thakur | JD | 5,006 | 0.9% |
| 8 | Dauwa Ram | BKKGP | 2,014 | 0.3% |
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