Back to Madhya Pradesh 1962 map
Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 187 · 1962

Gadarwara

Winner — 1962

LAXMI NARAYAN
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 57.7%INC 32.5%1 others 9.9%
Votes
14,716
57.7% share
Winning margin
6,426
25.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
50.9%
of 50,155

Gadarwara is a safe seat — LAXMI NARAYAN won by 25.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAXMI NARAYAN
Praja Socialist Party
14,71657.7%
2
KISHORI LAL
INC
8,29032.5%
3
DEVI PRASAD
RRP
2,5189.9%

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 (141st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.8% · max 61.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
141st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
140th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
4th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 57.7%INC 32.5%RRP 9.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,85,881
Density
255 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,427 km²
SC population6.3%
ST population69.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.2%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.8%
Electricity74.5%
Sanitation18.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.1%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Children underweight (under 5)41.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.4%
Women literate49.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance29.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ginger

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25