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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1962

Pussour

Winner — 1962

NARESHCHANDRA SINGH
INC· INC
INC 58.8%RRP 9.8%7 others 31.5%
Votes
18,301
58.8% share
Winning margin
15,265
49.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
44.3%
of 70,211

Pussour is a safe seat — NARESHCHANDRA SINGH won by 49.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARESHCHANDRA SINGH
INC
18,30158.8%
2
LALIT KUMAR
RRP
3,0369.8%
3
RAM KUMAR
Praja Socialist Party
2,9289.4%
4
MD. WASHI
IND
2,1316.8%
5
BRINDAWAN BEHRA
Left
1,4114.5%
6
RAVISHANKAR
1,2283.9%
7
GATHIRAM
IND
1,0333.3%
8
CHHAIBEHARI
SOC
6872.2%
9
MANGAL SINGH
IND
3781.2%

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 (87th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
49.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.6% · max 49.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
87th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
19th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.8%RRP 9.8%PSP 9.4%IND 6.8%OTH 15.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,66,063
Density
172 / km²
Sex ratio
974 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,205 km²
SC population8.4%
ST population44.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.5%Other 6.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.5%
Electricity45.5%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated86.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.4%
Women literate68.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Clean cooking fuel26.5%
Health insurance58.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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