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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1962Reserved (ST)

Jashpur

Winner — 1962

SHAKUNTALA DEVI
RRP
RRP 45.0%INC 33.3%1 others 21.7%
Votes
10,469
45.0% share
Winning margin
2,715
11.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
48.6%
of 47,919

A clear win with a 11.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAKUNTALA DEVI
RRP
10,46945.0%
2
MINZ JULIUS
INC
7,75433.3%
3
BUCHA
IND
5,06121.7%

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 (200th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 1.6% · max 40.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
200th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
51st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RRP 45.0%INC 33.3%IND 21.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,27,033
Density
232 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,851 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population27.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.6%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity42.9%
Sanitation7.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.8%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Women literate64.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.0%
Clean cooking fuel20.9%
Health insurance26.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet (Panja Dari)

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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