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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Maheshwar

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Winner — 1957

BALLABHDAS SITARAM
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
SADHAV SITARAM
INC· 20,217 votes
INC 25.2%INC 23.4%4 others 51.3%
Votes
21,761
25.2% share
Winning margin
4,889
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
39.1%
of 1,10,333

A clear win with a 5.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALLABHDAS SITARAM
INC
21,76125.2%
2
SADHAV SITARAM
INC
20,21723.4%
3
BHIKAJI
BJS
16,87219.6%
4
BADE RAMCHANDRA
BJS
16,75419.4%
5
JIRETI SHANKARLAL
IND
7,3418.5%
6
SITARAM
IND
3,2693.8%

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

Low turnout (222nd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
5.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.3% · min 0.3% · max 28.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
222nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.59
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
146th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 25.2%INC 23.4%BJS 19.6%BJS 19.4%IND 8.5%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo

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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