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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 8 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Gharghoda

Winner — 1951

DURGA CHARAN
Also elected — same seat
RAJA LALIT KUMAR SINGH
INC· 19,775 votes
INC 31.7%INC 29.7%6 others 38.7%
Votes
21,099
31.7% share
Winning margin
13,768
20.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
32.5%
of 1,02,629

Gharghoda is a safe seat — DURGA CHARAN won by 20.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DURGA CHARAN
21,09931.7%
2
RAJA LALIT KUMAR SINGH
19,77529.7%
3
RAM KUMAR
KMPP
7,33111.0%
4
SADHU RAM
RRP
6,2399.4%
5
HARCHAND RAM
RRP
4,1526.2%
6
RAMESHWAR
3,0874.6%
7
LAXMAN PRASAD GUPTA
IND
2,6844.0%
8
KARTIKO
2,2603.4%

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.

Low turnout (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.8% · max 43.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
227th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
185th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.7%INC 29.7%KMPP 11.0%RRP 9.4%RRP 6.2%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,65,970
Density
394 / km²
Sex ratio
840 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,989 km²
SC population21.4%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.3%
Electricity36.3%
Sanitation20.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated69.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)29.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.5%
Women literate65.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Clean cooking fuel32.6%
Health insurance36.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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