GEN · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999
Mahasamund
Chandrashekhar Sahu (champu) (BJP) won by 47,732 votes (7.1%).
- Electors
- 10,34,321
- Votes polled
- 6,83,110
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 66.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 7.1% (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.
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 | Chandrashekhar Sahu (champu)Winner | BJP | 3,32,874 | 49.8% |
| 2 | Pawan Diwan | INC | 2,85,142 | 42.6% |
| 3 | Motilal Choudhary | BSP | 27,767 | 4.2% |
| 4 | Daulal Chandrakar | JD | 11,575 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Durgeshnandini Dhurv | GGP | 3,708 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Dharmendra Singh Thakur | IND | 2,541 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Tulsiram Ausar | IND | 2,217 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Jagatram Kashyap | IND | 1,455 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Suresh Gophane | RPI | 656 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Shail Verma | AD | 551 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Dr. Vinod Thakur | IND | 516 | 0.1% |
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