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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 46 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Garoth
Winner — 1957
VIMAL KUMAR
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Also elected — same seat
SARASWATI DEVI SHARDA
INC· 14,642 votes
BJS 27.4%INC 27.1%2 others 45.5%
Votes
17,145
27.4% share
Winning margin
205
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
34.2%
of 91,401
Garoth was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 205 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIMAL KUMAR | 17,145 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | BAPULAL | 16,940 | 27.1% | |
| 3 | SARASWATI DEVI SHARDA | 14,642 | 23.4% | |
| 4 | CHAMPALAL | 13,836 | 22.1% |
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 (84th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.3% · max 40.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
84th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
4.45
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
159th of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
4.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 27.4%INC 27.1%INC 23.4%BJS 22.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,45,166
Density
286 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,048 km²
SC population25.0%
ST population4.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation10.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Clean cooking fuel32.1%
Health insurance40.5%
What's nearby?
5 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Half-fallen fane of Chandi having a shrine and a porch.,
🏛️MonumentASI
Half-fallen fane of Chandi having a shrine and a porch.,
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.