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Madhya Pradesh · PC 9 · 1962Reserved (ST)

Shahdol

Winner — Lok Sabha 1962

BUDDHU SINGH
Socialist Party· Praja Socialist Party
SOC 37.7%INC 35.1%2 others 27.1%
Votes
53,218
39.7% share
Winning margin
3,667
2.7% of votes
Total votes cast
1,41,011
Candidates
4
Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BUDDHU SINGH
SOC
53,21839.7%
2
JHALKAN KUMARI
49,55137.0%
3
DHAN SHAH
21,51516.1%
4
RAM MILAN
9,7957.3%

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.

Average turnout (20th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.7% · max 59.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
20th of 29

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 29

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
29th of 29

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOC 39.7%INC 37.0%BJS 16.1%PSP 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Bharhut

Bharhut

Heritage SiteWikidata
🏛️

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the Paisuni river,

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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