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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 216 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Niwari

Winner — 1957

LAKSHMI NARAYAN
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
Also elected — same seat
NATHU RAM
INC· 22,721 votes
PSP 29.5%INC 27.2%2 others 43.3%
Votes
24,626
29.5% share
Winning margin
4,977
6.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
43.7%
of 95,582

A clear win with a 6.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHMI NARAYAN
24,62629.5%
2
NATHU RAM
22,72127.2%
3
NATHU RAM
19,64923.5%
4
SHYAM LAL
16,57519.8%

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.

Low turnout (191st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.6% · max 39.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
191st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
220th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
152nd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 29.5%INC 27.2%PSP 23.5%INC 19.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,86,864
Density
326 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,091 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 11.7%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.7%
Electricity84.2%
Sanitation43.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated93.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate64.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Clean cooking fuel60.7%
Health insurance35.7%

What's nearby?

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