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Madhya Pradesh · PC 18 · 1957

Durg

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

MOHANLAL BAKLIWAL
INC 49.9%PSP 28.4%1 others 21.7%
Votes
85,756
49.9% share
Winning margin
37,047
21.6% of votes
Total votes cast
1,71,789
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHANLAL BAKLIWAL
85,75649.9%
2
RATNAKAR JHA
48,70928.4%
3
NANDLAL SHARMA
RRP
37,32421.7%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (6th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.6% · min 1.1% · max 70.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
6th of 29

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.59
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 29

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
21st of 29

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.9%PSP 28.4%RRP 21.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,31,597
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,466 km²
SC population17.0%
ST population15.4%

Figures are for Raisen, this seat's primary district — it spans 4 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.8%Muslim 9.0%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity70.9%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate75.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.6%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

36 locations
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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