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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1962

Sheopur

Winner — 1962

RAM SWAROOP
HMS 41.4%INC 34.7%6 others 23.8%
Votes
12,227
41.4% share
Winning margin
1,972
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
48.7%
of 60,594

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM SWAROOP
12,22741.4%
2
HASAN MOHAMMAD
INC
10,25534.8%
3
RAGHU NATH PATEL
IND
3,19810.8%
4
MADHO LAL
SOC
1,1633.9%
5
BANWARI LAL
Swatantra Party
9533.2%
6
PRABHU LAL
IND
7892.7%
7
DHUDILAL ACHARYYA
IND
5872.0%
8
SITA RAM
3401.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (81st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 0.5% · max 23.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
81st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HMS 41.4%INC 34.8%IND 10.8%OTH 13.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,87,861
Density
104 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,606 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population23.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.0%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.9%
Electricity51.7%
Sanitation12.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Children underweight (under 5)37.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate49.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.5%
Clean cooking fuel22.9%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Guava

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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