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Ratlam Town

Name: Ratlam Town
Address: IN

Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1980

75,874

Electors

48,114

Votes polled

63.41%

Turnout

1,560

Margin

Winner

Himmat Kothari

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Himmat Kothari Won Male	BJP	23,539	48.92%
2	Khurshid Anwar Male	INC(I)	21,979	45.68%
3	Balkrishna Vyas Male	CPM	1,448	3.01%
4	Manishanker Male	IND	509	1.06%
5	Ram Gopal Male	IND	294	0.61%
6	Kanhaiyalal Ugra Male	IND	206	0.43%
7	Madan Lal Sharma Male	IND	139	0.29%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2003	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	45.66%	Paras Saklecha "dada" Male INC	43.80%
1998	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	53.24%	Shiv Kumar Jhalani Male INC	45.03%
1993	Shiv Kumar Jhalani Male INC	53.62%	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	44.19%
1990	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	59.67%	Khurshid Anwar Male INC	38.45%
1985	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	52.75%	Shivkumar Jhalani Male INC	45.71%
1980	Himmat Kothari Male BJP	48.92%	Khurshid Anwar Male INC(I)	45.68%
1977	Himmat Kothari Male JnP	56.56%	Akbarali Arif Male INC	41.13%