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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1962

Karera

Winner — 1962

GAUTAM SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 53.2%IND 26.5%3 others 20.3%
Votes
10,712
53.2% share
Winning margin
5,371
26.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
37.4%
of 53,795

Karera is a safe seat — GAUTAM SHARMA won by 26.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAUTAM SHARMA
INC
10,71253.2%
2
UDAI KISHORE
IND
5,34126.5%
3
VISHWANATH SHARMA
1,8529.2%
4
SHAMBU DAYAL
Swatantra Party
1,2206.1%
5
CHUKHHI RAM
SOC
1,0105.0%

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 (101st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.6% · max 73.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
101st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
155th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
128th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.2%IND 26.5%HMS 9.2%SWA 6.1%SOC 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,86,754
Density
271 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,902 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population1.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.0%Other 5.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.7%
Electricity61.2%
Sanitation22.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.4%
Children fully vaccinated79.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.6%
Women literate67.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Clean cooking fuel31.2%
Health insurance30.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery
🏛️

Bir Singh Palace

🏛️MonumentASI

Bir Singh Palace

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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