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Madhya Pradesh · PC 23 · 1991
Balaghat
Winner — Lok Sabha 1991
VISHVESHWAR BHAGAT
INC· INC
INC 40.2%BJP 28.0%16 others 31.8%
Votes
1,85,491
40.8% share
Winning margin
56,226
12.4% of votes
Total votes cast
4,61,260
Candidates
18
Seat history
All Candidates
18 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VISHVESHWAR BHAGAT | 1,85,491 | 40.8% | |
| 2 | GOURISHANKAR CHATURBHUJ | 1,29,265 | 28.4% | |
| 3 | KANKAR MUNJARE | 1,23,234 | 27.1% | |
| 4 | CHUNNILAL PANCHE | IND | 2,208 | 0.5% |
| 5 | PANCHAM RUSHIYA | IND | 1,683 | 0.4% |
| 6 | GOBORDHAN PATLE ALIAS HITLER | IND | 1,531 | 0.3% |
| 7 | MOHAN LAL SAULAKHE | IND | 1,460 | 0.3% |
| 8 | KUNWAR NAGDEVE | IND | 1,368 | 0.3% |
| 9 | SHIVBHAJAN DADDU BHAWRE | JP | 1,236 | 0.3% |
| 10 | UTTAMCHAND GORELAL AGARWAL | IND | 1,104 | 0.2% |
| 11 | DINESH PURI ALIAS MOON | IND | 976 | 0.2% |
| 12 | PREMLAL GIRDHARILAL SONI | IND | 963 | 0.2% |
| 13 | KANKAR MARAR | IND | 947 | 0.2% |
| 14 | DEVILAL DUDHIYA TATDHARI | 928 | 0.2% | |
| 15 | SAMELAL SINGH DHURVE | IND | 754 | 0.2% |
| 16 | RAJESWAR CHAINU BHATERE | IND | 536 | 0.1% |
| 17 | MOOLCHAND SHAMBHARKAR | IND | 477 | 0.1% |
| 18 | MUSTAK AHMED NAZMI | IND | 247 | 0.1% |
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 (5th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe12.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.2% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
5th of 29How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 29How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
13th of 29How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.8%BJP 28.4%JD 27.1%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,40,411
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,535 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population2.5%
Figures are for Mandsaur, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.0%Muslim 9.4%Other 1.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.4%
Electricity84.3%
Sanitation24.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.9%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate64.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.6%
Health insurance48.4%
What's nearby?
8 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Coriander🏷️GarlicGI🏺Ratlami Namkeen
Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala
🏛️MonumentASI
Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.