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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1962

Amarpatan

Winner — 1962

GULSHER AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 36.6%BJS 35.5%4 others 27.8%
Votes
7,856
36.6% share
Winning margin
234
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
37.9%
of 56,650

Amarpatan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 234 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GULSHER AHMAD
INC
7,85636.6%
2
RAM HIT
7,62235.5%
3
INDRA JIT SINGH
SOC
3,06614.3%
4
GAYA PRASAD
RRP
1,2946.0%
5
PREM LAL
Praja Socialist Party
1,1725.5%
6
MOTI LAL
IND
4382.0%

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 (55th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.0% · max 78.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
55th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
137th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
207th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.6%BJS 35.5%SOC 14.3%RRP 6.0%PSP 5.5%OTH 2.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,45,166
Density
286 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,048 km²
SC population25.0%
ST population4.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Clean cooking fuel32.1%
Health insurance40.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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