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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 166 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Mungeli

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Winner — 1957

RAMLAL GHASIA
RRP
Also elected — same seat
AMBIKA SAO
RRP· 16,761 votes
RRP 24.5%RRP 22.4%4 others 53.1%
Votes
18,326
24.5% share
Winning margin
1,808
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
39.1%
of 95,668

A closely fought contest. RAMLAL GHASIA won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMLAL GHASIA
RRP
18,32624.5%
2
AMBIKA SAO
RRP
16,76122.4%
3
RAMGOPAL
INC
16,51822.1%
4
ANJOREDAS
INC
13,20017.6%
5
KALAM PRASAD
IND
5,6537.6%
6
UBARANDAS
BJS
4,3475.8%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (31st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.2% · max 47.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
31st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
148th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RRP 24.5%RRP 22.4%INC 22.1%INC 17.6%IND 7.6%BJS 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,12,681
Density
244 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,195 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation23.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Women literate58.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Clean cooking fuel37.7%
Health insurance34.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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