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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1962

Surkhi

Winner — 1962

BANI BHUSHAN PREMNARAYAN RAI
INC· INC
INC 42.7%BJS 33.7%2 others 23.6%
Votes
7,818
42.7% share
Winning margin
1,639
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
33.3%
of 54,920

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANI BHUSHAN PREMNARAYAN RAI
INC
7,81842.7%
2
DULICHAND PYARE LAL
6,17933.7%
3
MANAKCHAND INDERCHAND
IND
2,90815.9%
4
INDRADEOSINGH RAMSINGH
Praja Socialist Party
1,4087.7%

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 (91st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 0.2% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
91st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
159th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
161st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.7%BJS 33.7%IND 15.9%PSP 7.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,73,046
Density
233 / km²
Sex ratio
965 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,025 km²
SC population11.2%
ST population39.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Muslim 7.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.2%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation22.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.8%
Children fully vaccinated77.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.4%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.1%
Women literate59.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.3%
Clean cooking fuel61.6%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chilli
Chaubara Dera

Chaubara Dera

🏛️MonumentASI

Chaubara Dera

Neelkanteshwar

Neelkanteshwar

🏛️MonumentASI

Neelkanteshwar

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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