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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 174 · 1962

Bahoriband

Winner — 1962

BALKRISHNA
BJS 36.3%INC 34.7%3 others 29.1%
Votes
7,210
36.3% share
Winning margin
320
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
43.8%
of 45,338

Bahoriband was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 320 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALKRISHNA
7,21036.3%
2
SURAJ PRASAD
INC
6,89034.7%
3
RAJABHAIYA
IND
3,21316.2%
4
BHAGWAT SINGH
RRP
2,03510.2%
5
RAMNARAIN
SOC
5292.7%

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 (76th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 1.6% · max 67.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
76th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
143rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 36.3%INC 34.7%IND 16.2%RRP 10.2%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,63,715
Density
223 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,020 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population17.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.0%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity88.7%
Sanitation37.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated87.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Women literate64.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.0%
Health insurance35.1%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo
🏛️

Old Mughal Fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Mughal Fort

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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