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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 194 · 1962

Barghat

Winner — 1962

JAGESHWERNATH BISEN
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 53.7%INC 22.8%3 others 23.5%
Votes
10,706
53.7% share
Winning margin
6,170
31.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
40.9%
of 48,688

Barghat is a safe seat — JAGESHWERNATH BISEN won by 31.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGESHWERNATH BISEN
Praja Socialist Party
10,70653.7%
2
RAJESHWER PRASAD BHARGAVA
INC
4,53622.8%
3
KULPAT SINGH
IND
2,04410.3%
4
GEND LAL
REP
1,7438.8%
5
KENATH BHARTI
IND
9024.5%

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 (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.0% · max 54.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
9th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
44th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 53.7%INC 22.8%IND 10.3%REP 8.8%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,25,048
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,600 km²
SC population1.7%
ST population87.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity60.4%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Children underweight (under 5)41.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate37.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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