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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 223 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Vidisha
Winner — 1962
GORELAL
HMS 45.5%INC 44.5%4 others 10.0%
Votes
12,483
45.5% share
Winning margin
282
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.3%
of 64,904
Vidisha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 282 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GORELAL | 12,483 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | HIRALAL PIPAL | INC | 12,201 | 44.5% |
| 3 | DHHANNA LAL | Left | 1,113 | 4.1% |
| 4 | BARELAL | 704 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | LAKSHMAN PRASAD | Praja Socialist Party | 589 | 2.1% |
| 6 | KANIRAM | SOC | 345 | 1.3% |
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 (56th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.0% · max 37.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
56th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
77th of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HMS 45.5%INC 44.5%OTH 10.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,55,069
Density
299 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,861 km²
SC population13.7%
ST population28.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 10.4%Other 2.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.6%
Electricity72.9%
Sanitation32.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated93.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel53.1%
Health insurance37.9%
What's nearby?
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