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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1957

Gahad

Winner — 1957

SUSHILA DEVI SOVRANSINGH
INC· INC
INC 42.8%IND 28.0%2 others 29.3%
Votes
7,842
42.8% share
Winning margin
2,717
14.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
34.2%
of 53,667

A clear win with a 14.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUSHILA DEVI SOVRANSINGH
7,84242.8%
2
CHHOTELAL DALCHAND
IND
5,12527.9%
3
GUNDHARILAL ISHWARI PRASAD
3,52819.2%
4
LAXMINARAYAN BHOGIRAM
1,84010.0%

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 (183rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
14.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.4% · min 0.0% · max 17.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
183rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
218th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.8%IND 27.9%CPI 19.2%HMS 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,65,970
Density
394 / km²
Sex ratio
840 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,989 km²
SC population21.4%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.3%
Electricity36.3%
Sanitation20.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated69.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)29.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.5%
Women literate65.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Clean cooking fuel32.6%
Health insurance36.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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