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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 140 · 1957

Dongargaon

Winner — 1957

DHANNALAL JAIN
INC· INC
INC 54.2%BJS 34.9%1 others 10.8%
Votes
8,046
54.2% share
Winning margin
2,866
19.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
30.4%
of 48,787

Dongargaon is a safe seat — DHANNALAL JAIN won by 19.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANNALAL JAIN
8,04654.2%
2
BIPULDHAR JHA
5,18034.9%
3
LALA
1,60710.8%

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 (75th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 1.3% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
75th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
91st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.2%BJS 34.9%SCF 10.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,31,597
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,466 km²
SC population17.0%
ST population15.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.8%Muslim 9.0%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity70.9%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate75.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.6%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Basmati Rice

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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