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← Chhattisgarh · 2008

state assembly / GENERAL ELECTION

KANKER · 2008

Chhattisgarh · Constituency 81

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 11 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1SUMITRA MARKOLEBJP46,79344.86%
2DR. PREETI NETAMINC29,29028.08%
3CHANDRA PRAKASH THAKURIND10,97710.52%
4SULOCHANA MARASKOLEBSP4,2924.12%
5MOTIRAM MANDAVIIND3,8383.68%
6HEMLAL NAGCPI3,0822.95%
7RAMESH NETAMCPM2,1182.03%
8MANOHAR NETAMIND1,0951.05%
9RAMESH KUMAR NARETIAPP1,0381.00%
10RAMLAL KUNJAMCSP9090.87%
11RAKESH JURRISHS8670.83%

Source & record context

Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source104,299
Electors in source147,599

Historical district field: UTTAR BASTAR KANKER. This does not establish a current district boundary.

Boundary identifier: 4 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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