Rajpur
Assembly seat no. 188 in Madhya Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.
Winner, 1998
BALA BACHCHAN
INC
Elections held
11
1962–2023
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 11
Margin, 1998
3,877
4.54% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
BJPDIWANSINGH VITTHAL PATEL
- Votes
- 40,257
- Vote share
- 47.14%
- Behind by
- 3,877
Electors
1,32,502
Total votes polled
85,402
Valid votes
85,402
NOTA votes
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Turnout
64.5%
Full result, 1998
4 candidates · 85,402 valid votes
BALA BACHCHANINCwon
44,134
51.7%
DIWANSINGH VITTHAL PATELBJP
40,257
47.1%
POONAM LATUIND
584
0.7%
MOHAN MOTI PATELIND
427
0.5%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bala Bachchan | INC | 1,00,333 | 47.75% | Antar Devisingh Patel | 890 |
| 2003 | DIWANSINGH PATEL | BJP | 71,032 | 59.34% | BALA BACHCHAN | 30,001 |
| 1998 | BALA BACHCHAN | INC | 44,134 | 51.68% | DIWANSINGH VITTHAL PATEL | 3,877 |
| 1993 | BALARAM BACCHAN | INC | 38,805 | 52.93% | DIVANSINGH VITTHAL PATEL | 5,945 |
| 1990 | DIWAN SINGH VITTHAL | BJP | 32,346 | 61.18% | CHANDRABHAGA KIRADE | 12,721 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above