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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 51 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Balod

Winner — 1951

K. L. GUMASTA
Also elected — same seat
DARAMBAI
INC· 24,606 votes
INC 31.9%INC 27.0%5 others 41.2%
Votes
29,064
31.9% share
Winning margin
17,817
19.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
43.2%
of 1,05,464

Balod is a safe seat — K. L. GUMASTA won by 19.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. L. GUMASTA
29,06431.9%
2
DARAMBAI
24,60627.0%
3
KRISHNARAO
IND
11,24712.3%
4
UDAIRAM
IND
9,77410.7%
5
DAHARSINGH
6,5857.2%
6
INDRAJIT
6,5837.2%
7
V. D. DESHPANDE
3,3443.7%

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.

Average turnout (166th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.7% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
166th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
138th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.9%INC 27.0%IND 12.3%IND 10.7%SP 7.2%SP 7.2%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,62,375
Density
203 / km²
Sex ratio
883 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,687 km²
SC population23.0%
ST population4.2%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.2%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity47.5%
Sanitation15.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.2%
Children fully vaccinated72.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Children underweight (under 5)34.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.5%
Women literate60.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.1%
Health insurance17.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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