Elections Archive

ST · Chhattisgarh

kanker

Sohan Potai (BJP) won by 19,288 votes (2.6%).

Electors
12,96,734
Votes polled
7,42,076
Valid votes
7,41,503
Turnout
57.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 2.6% (median 7.0%). Back to Chhattisgarh · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
0.2%(-0.5%)
Turnout
76.5%(+0.8%)
NOTA
1.5%
Top-2 squeeze
95.7%

Winning margin over time · kanker

2004200920142019202413%

Candidates

Candidates · kanker 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sohan PotaiWinnerBJP3,41,13146.0%
2Smt. Phoolo Devi NetamINC3,21,84343.4%
3Mayaram Netam (fulsingh Siladar)IND21,0222.8%
4Mira SalamBSP13,7091.8%
5G. R. RanaJMM10,2071.4%
6Jalsingh ShoriCSP8,0581.1%
7Devchand MatlamIND7,0841.0%
8Praful MandaviIND6,9140.9%
9Mayaram NagwanshiGGP4,3480.6%
10N. R. BhuaryaGMS4,1900.6%
11Bhom LalAD3,2860.4%

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