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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 114 · 1962

Pithora

Winner — 1962

PRATAP SINGH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 30.2%INC 28.4%4 others 41.5%
Votes
5,682
30.2% share
Winning margin
334
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
31.4%
of 60,017

Pithora was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 334 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRATAP SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
5,68230.2%
2
NEMI CHAND
INC
5,34828.4%
3
RAM SINGH
4,05221.5%
4
HAJARI
REP
1,6178.6%
5
LAXMI LAL
IND
1,5488.2%
6
HARDATT SINGH
IND
5953.2%

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.

High turnout (4th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.2% · max 52.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
4th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
79th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 30.2%INC 28.4%BJS 21.5%REP 8.6%IND 8.2%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,131
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,758 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population37.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Other 9.8%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.5%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.9%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance44.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cilantro
🏛️

Temple of Ashta

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Ashta

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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