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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 144 · 1962

Dongargarh

Winner — 1962

GANESHMAL BHANDARI
INC· INC
INC 64.7%PSP 24.1%2 others 11.2%
Votes
12,023
64.7% share
Winning margin
7,545
40.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
35.5%
of 52,447

Dongargarh is a safe seat — GANESHMAL BHANDARI won by 40.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESHMAL BHANDARI
INC
12,02364.7%
2
CHANDRAMOHAN DAS
Praja Socialist Party
4,47824.1%
3
MAGAN DAS
1,3027.0%
4
MANGAL DAS
REP
7894.2%

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.

Average turnout (131st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
40.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 1.3% · max 40.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
131st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
147th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 64.7%PSP 24.1%BJS 7.0%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,58,875
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,371 km²
SC population20.0%
ST population4.6%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 10.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity61.0%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.6%
Children fully vaccinated78.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.5%
Women literate64.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.8%
Health insurance48.2%

What's nearby?

9 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Farm Equipment

Besnagar

Heritage SiteWikidata
Bijamandal Mosque

Bijamandal Mosque

🏛️MonumentASI

Bijamandal Mosque

Caves 1 to 20

Caves 1 to 20

🏛️MonumentASI

Caves 1 to 20

Khamb Baba (Heliodoras Pillar)

Khamb Baba (Heliodoras Pillar)

🏛️MonumentASI

Khamb Baba (Heliodoras Pillar)

Lohangi Hill Capital

Lohangi Hill Capital

🏛️MonumentASI

Lohangi Hill Capital

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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