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Assembly constituency 116 · Madhya Pradesh

Keolari is assembly constituency number 116 in Madhya Pradesh, in Seoni district, and one of the segments of the Mandla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Rajneesh Harvansh Singh of the Indian National Congress won with 53.2% of the vote, 33,760 votes ahead of Rakesh Pal Singh (BJP).

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Keolari · 2023AC 116
  1. 01
    Rajneesh Harvansh Singh
    INC
    1,22,814
    53.20%
  2. 02
    Rakesh Pal Singh
    BJP
    89,054
    38.58%
  3. 03
    Preetam Uikey
    Independent
    11,639
    5.04%
  4. 04
    Sanjay Kumar Mishra
    Independent
    1,177
    0.51%
  5. 05
    Dr. Sunil Rai
    Independent
    828
    0.36%
  6. 7 other candidates · 2,854 votesNOTA · 2,492 (1.08%)

Margin 33,760 votes · 14.62% of valid votes

2,60,431
Registered electors
2023 election
89.2%
Turnout
+4.7 pts vs 2018
33,760
Victory margin
14.6% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,30,858 valid votes, NOTA included.

Keolari 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajneesh Harvansh SinghMale · 52 yrsINC1,22,814
53.20%
2Rakesh Pal SinghMale · 64 yrsBJP89,054
38.58%
3Preetam UikeyMale · 53 yrs · STIndependent11,639
5.04%
—NOTANOTA2,492
1.08%
4Sanjay Kumar MishraMale · 53 yrsIndependent1,177
0.51%
5Dr. Sunil RaiMale · 56 yrsIndependent828
0.36%
6Bheem LodhiMale · 48 yrsIndependent764
0.33%
7JaykumarMale · 41 yrsGNASURKP745
0.32%
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8Aanand BaghelMale · 42 yrsIndependent346
0.15%
9GajendrasingMale · 53 yrsIndependent330
0.14%
10Dr.satish Nag(doctor Sahab)Male · 49 yrs · SCMKRP274
0.12%
11Tekchand BarmaiyaMale · 65 yrsIndependent246
0.11%
12Kaleemuddeen (moulana)Male · 39 yrsIndependent149
0.06%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2018, INC in 2023.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023INC 53.2%BJP 38.6%GGP 10.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Rajneesh Harvansh SinghINC · 53.2% · margin 33,760Turnout89.2%
2018Rakesh Pal SinghBJP · 43.1% · margin 6,679Turnout84.5%
2013Rajneesh Harbansh SinghINC · 40.5% · margin 4,803Turnout82.8%
2008Harvansh SinghINC · 38.7% · margin 5,978Turnout81.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Keolari result 2018

Keolari 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rakesh Pal SinghBJP85,839
43.11%
2Rajneesh Harvansh SinghINC79,160
39.76%
3Rajendra RaiGGP21,694
10.90%
—NOTANOTA2,125
1.07%
4Sheakh Mustufa (ehsan) AnsariIndependent2,014
1.01%
5Swarn RekhaIndependent1,790
0.90%
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6Mohan GadkariBMUP1,449
0.73%
7Chandrakala Mohan MararBSP1,435
0.72%
8Shravan Kapoor (devi Prasad Sahu)AAP1,006
0.51%
9Tarik BhaiIndependent789
0.40%
10Deepak KumarIndependent771
0.39%
11Shireen Kachwaha (renu)SPAKP524
0.26%
12ChamaruIndependent500
0.25%

Keolari result 2013

Keolari 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajneesh Harbansh SinghINC72,669
40.46%
2Dr. Dhal Singh BisenBJP67,866
37.78%
3Ramgulam UikeyGGP16,526
9.20%
4Shakti SinghIndependent7,230
4.03%
5Aanand Baghel Urf Guddu BhaiCPI3,247
1.81%
6Smt. Chandrakala MararBSP2,189
1.22%
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7Dharmraj ThakurSP1,821
1.01%
—NOTANOTA1,653
0.92%
8Keshav Sahu (praveen)Independent1,597
0.89%
9Satish NagIndependent1,140
0.63%
10Mohamad Hasib (manjhle Bhaiya)MNDP1,029
0.57%
11Ahmad Shaeed Qureshi AdvocateIndependent782
0.44%
12Himayat Mo. Gohna Wale MamuIndependent698
0.39%
13Hemant KumarNPP637
0.35%
14Kusum ThakurNCP530
0.30%

Keolari result 2008

Keolari 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harvansh SinghINC57,180
38.68%
2Dr. Dhal Singh BisenBJP51,202
34.63%
3Mahatlal BarkadeGGP17,475
11.82%
4Thakur Omnarayan SinghBSP3,307
2.24%
5Ramphal ParteIndependent2,909
1.97%
6Bhuwanlal ThakurIndependent2,120
1.43%
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7Soniya Pancham ManeshwarIndependent2,024
1.37%
8Ramprasad DheriyaIndependent1,794
1.21%
9Dharmraj ThakurSP1,728
1.17%
10Dr. Govind PrasadBJSH1,594
1.08%
11Dada Premsingh SallamGMS1,155
0.78%
12Adv. Ahmad Saied KureshiIndependent988
0.67%
13Netram JhriyaIndependent922
0.62%
14ManbatiIndependent877
0.59%
15Shobharam BhalaviIndependent825
0.56%
16Sudeep ShrivastavaLJP638
0.43%
17Triveni PathreRPI(A)564
0.38%
18Asha Yashpal BhalaviIndependent535
0.36%
Map

Keolari outlined in orange among the other Madhya Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Seoni district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Keolari is one of the assembly segments of Mandla. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Mandla candidates.

  • Faggan Singh KulasteBJP1,05,363 53.9%
  • Omkar Singh MarkamINC78,263 40.1%
  • Mahesh Kumar WatteeGGP4,283 2.2%
  • Indar Singh UikeyBSP1,488 0.8%
  • Chandra Singh KushramBSCP1,273 0.7%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 27,100 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Keolari.

Who won the Keolari assembly seat in 2023?

Rajneesh Harvansh Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Keolari in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly election with 1,22,814 votes, which was 53.20% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Keolari?

The margin was 33,760 votes (14.62% of valid votes). The runner-up was Rakesh Pal Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 89,054 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Keolari in 2023?

Turnout was 89.19%: 2,32,272 of 2,60,431 registered electors voted, across 353 polling stations. That is 4.7 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Keolari part of?

Keolari is an assembly segment of the Mandla Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Faggan Singh Kulaste got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Keolari a reserved constituency?

No. Keolari is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Keolari?

The Madhya Pradesh assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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