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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 115 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Chhindwara

Winner — 1957

NOKHELAL
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
VIDHYAWATI VIDYASHANKAR
INC· 14,064 votes
INC 33.3%INC 29.0%4 others 37.7%
Votes
16,114
33.3% share
Winning margin
10,429
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
23.3%
of 1,04,027

Chhindwara is a safe seat — NOKHELAL won by 21.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NOKHELAL
16,11433.3%
2
VIDHYAWATI VIDYASHANKAR
14,06429.0%
3
DURGA PRASAD GANPAT JAMBOLKAR
IND
5,68511.7%
4
SUNDERLAL TIWARI
4,6359.6%
5
CHAUDHARY GULABSINGH
IND
4,2188.7%
6
CHAITRAM BISNOO
3,7177.7%

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.

High turnout (39th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.1% · min 0.2% · max 70.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
39th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
59th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.3%INC 29.0%IND 11.7%PSP 9.6%IND 8.7%PSP 7.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,131
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,758 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population37.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Other 9.8%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.5%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.9%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance44.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cilantro

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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