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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1962

Balaghat

Winner — 1962

NANDKISHORE JAISRAJ
INC· INC
INC 48.3%PSP 26.7%2 others 25.0%
Votes
11,348
48.3% share
Winning margin
5,085
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
36.9%
of 63,572

Balaghat is a safe seat — NANDKISHORE JAISRAJ won by 21.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NANDKISHORE JAISRAJ
INC
11,34848.3%
2
SHEORAM KISAN
Praja Socialist Party
6,26326.7%
3
RAMPRASAD SALIKRAIM
Left
3,90416.6%
4
RAMPRASAD NAMDEO
IND
1,9678.4%

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 (29th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.6% · min 0.4% · max 46.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
29th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.77
fewer partiesmore parties
229th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
157th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.3%PSP 26.7%CPI 16.6%IND 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,11,332
Density
199 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,578 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population11.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.7%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water17.0%
Electricity84.3%
Sanitation31.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated60.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.9%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.3%
Women literate64.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Clean cooking fuel33.7%
Health insurance33.2%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Wooden Toys and Handicraft

Hathnora

Heritage SiteWikidata
🏛️

Painted rock shelters, two Buddhist stupas

🏛️MonumentASI

Painted rock shelters, two Buddhist stupas

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Saru-Maru monastic complex

🏛️MonumentASI

Saru-Maru monastic complex

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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