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Madhya Pradesh · PC 21 · 1999

Durg

Winner — Lok Sabha 1999

Tara Chand Sahu
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 50.5%INC 44.7%9 others 4.8%
Votes
3,89,777
51.2% share
Winning margin
44,518
5.8% of votes
Total votes cast
7,72,240
Candidates
11
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Tara Chand Sahu
NDA (NDA)
3,89,77751.2%
2
Pradeep Choubey
3,45,25945.4%
3
Bhojram Darsena
14,3781.9%
4
Umed Das Banjare
AJBP
2,3650.3%
5
Bhagwat Rao Dongre
IND
1,7890.2%
6
Bhausahab M. B. Besekar
IND
1,6540.2%
7
Dev Kumar Netam
1,4570.2%
8
Charan Lal Sahu
IND
1,4090.2%
9
Rajesh Dubey
IND
1,4070.2%
10
Achchhe Singh Krantikari
IND
7820.1%
11
Lokesh Kumar Mishra
RMEP
4370.1%

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 (4th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.0% · max 39.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
4th of 29

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.93
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 29

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
17th of 29

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 51.2%INC 45.4%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,12,681
Density
244 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,195 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population2.5%

Figures are for Shajapur, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation23.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Women literate58.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Clean cooking fuel37.7%
Health insurance34.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo🏺Onion🏺Oranges🏺Wooden Toys and Handicraft

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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