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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 127 · 1957

Balaghat

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Winner — 1957

NANDKISHORE JAIRAJ SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 49.6%IND 17.1%3 others 33.3%
Votes
11,670
49.6% share
Winning margin
7,648
32.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
44.3%
of 53,121

Balaghat is a safe seat — NANDKISHORE JAIRAJ SHARMA won by 32.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NANDKISHORE JAIRAJ SHARMA
INC
11,67049.6%
2
TRILOCHANSINGH ANANDSINGH
IND
4,02217.1%
3
MAHAVIRPRASAD TRIVENIPRASAD
PSP
3,12813.3%
4
RAMPRASAD SALIKRAM PATHAK
CPI
2,83812.1%
5
SUNDERLAL SAHESRAM
IND
1,8627.9%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.1% · max 42.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
44th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
32nd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.6%IND 17.1%PSP 13.3%CPI 12.1%IND 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,90,922
Density
177 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,815 km²
SC population11.1%
ST population36.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.0%Other 8.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water37.4%
Electricity78.7%
Sanitation25.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.7%
Women literate72.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance48.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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