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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 104 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Hardha

Winner — 1957

NAIK LAXMANRAO BHIKAJEE
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
GULAB BAI RAMESHWAR
INC· 22,204 votes
INC 26.1%IND 25.7%3 others 48.2%
Votes
23,373
26.1% share
Winning margin
400
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
44.8%
of 99,861

Hardha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 400 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAIK LAXMANRAO BHIKAJEE
23,37326.1%
2
NANHELAL LAXMINARAYAN
IND
22,97325.7%
3
GULAB BAI RAMESHWAR
22,20424.8%
4
SONKAR RAMLAL
IND
14,76216.5%
5
DARSHAN LAL
IND
6,1046.8%

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 (50th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.4% · min 0.5% · max 69.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
50th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
10th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.1%IND 25.7%INC 24.8%IND 16.5%IND 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,04,524
Density
94 / km²
Sex ratio
1002 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,470 km²
SC population5.7%
ST population64.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.9%Other 11.9%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.8%
Electricity36.9%
Sanitation5.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.6%
Children fully vaccinated80.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.2%
Women literate63.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.1%
Clean cooking fuel12.1%
Health insurance47.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kodo Kutki
🏛️

Ranmukteshwara Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Ranmukteshwara Temple

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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