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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1957Reserved (ST)

Barwani

Winner — 1957

GULAL
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 57.4%INC 42.6%
Votes
8,227
57.4% share
Winning margin
2,124
14.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
32.3%
of 44,417

A clear win with a 14.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GULAL
8,22757.4%
2
PRATAPSINGH BHIMSINGH
6,10342.6%

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 (218th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.3% · max 68.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
218th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.41
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
177th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 57.4%INC 42.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo
🏛️

Inscriptions in cave, Keoti

🏛️MonumentASI

Inscriptions in cave

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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