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Rajasthan · PC 17 · 1998Reserved (ST)

Salumber

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

BHERU LAL (MEENA)
INC· INC
INC 52.7%BJP 39.7%3 others 7.7%
Votes
3,15,704
52.7% share
Winning margin
77,882
13.0% of votes
Total votes cast
5,99,463
Candidates
5
Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHERU LAL (MEENA)
INC
3,15,70452.7%
2
NAND LAL MEENA
NDA
2,37,82239.7%
3
MEGHRAJ TAWAR
Left
42,2027.0%
4
NARENDRA MEENA
CPI(ML)(L)
2,0070.3%
5
Dr.JAGDISH CHANDARA MEENA
IND
1,7280.3%

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.

High turnout (1st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.2% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
1st of 25

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 25

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
6th of 25

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.7%BJP 39.7%CPI 7.0%OTH 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,03,751
Density
92 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
28,387 km²
SC population16.8%
ST population6.8%

Figures are for Barmer, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.2%Muslim 12.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.4%
Electricity28.2%
Sanitation14.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)31.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Women literate66.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.2%
Clean cooking fuel26.8%
Health insurance97.8%

What's nearby?

7 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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