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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1962

Baikunthpur

Winner — 1962

JAWALA PRASAD
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 48.2%INC 23.7%4 others 28.1%
Votes
7,886
48.2% share
Winning margin
4,014
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
32.6%
of 50,202

Baikunthpur is a safe seat — JAWALA PRASAD won by 24.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAWALA PRASAD
Praja Socialist Party
7,88648.2%
2
VIJENDRALAL GUPTA
INC
3,87223.7%
3
TEK CHAND
2,02012.3%
4
CHANDAN RAM
RRP
1,3488.2%
5
UDAI BHANU RAM
SOC
8325.1%
6
MIRA DEVI
IND
4022.5%

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.

Low turnout (205th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.2% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
205th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
33rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
144th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 48.2%INC 23.7%BJS 12.3%RRP 8.2%SOC 5.1%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo
🏛️

Rock shelters with megaliths, monasteries and inscriptions

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock shelters with megaliths, monasteries and inscriptions

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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