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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 106 · 1961 by-elections

Shahpur

Winner — 1961 by-elections

D.K.DESHMUKH
PSP 67.7%INC 32.3%
Votes
21,432
67.7% share
Winning margin
11,190
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2

Shahpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 11,190 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D.K.DESHMUKH
21,4320.0%
2
G.B.DIXIT
10,2420.0%

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 (74th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 0.2% · max 48.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
74th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.58
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
11th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,54,905
Density
182 / km²
Sex ratio
1008 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,800 km²
SC population4.6%
ST population57.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.5%Other 16.2%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.5%
Electricity57.7%
Sanitation13.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.6%
Women literate66.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.0%
Clean cooking fuel22.3%
Health insurance42.6%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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