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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1957

Bhopal

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Winner — 1957

SHAKIR ALI KHAN
CPI· Left
CPI 46.1%HMS 33.8%4 others 20.0%
Votes
15,981
46.1% share
Winning margin
4,257
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
64.2%
of 53,968

A clear win with a 12.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAKIR ALI KHAN
CPI
15,98146.1%
2
UDDHAV DAS
HMS
11,72433.8%
3
AIJAZUDDIN
INC
5,99917.3%
4
LILA RAI
IND
3721.1%
5
KISHAN NARAIN
PSP
3551.0%
6
SADARAM KHANNA
IND
2130.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (204th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.2% · min 3.2% · max 54.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
204th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
188th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 46.1%HMS 33.8%INC 17.3%OTH 2.7%

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

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