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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1967

Sheopur

Winner — 1967

S. TIWARI
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 36.4%INC 36.0%7 others 27.6%
Votes
12,462
36.4% share
Winning margin
156
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
51.3%
of 66,745

Sheopur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 156 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. TIWARI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
12,46236.4%
2
J. NAAGORI
INC
12,30636.0%
3
R. PATEL
IND
1,9205.6%
4
R. PATEL
IND
1,7185.0%
5
C. LAL
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,3103.8%
6
P. SINGH
Left
1,2753.7%
7
B. PAPPA
1,1793.4%
8
R. SINGH
IND
1,0683.1%
9
C. JAIN
IND
9892.9%

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 (81st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 0.5% · max 23.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
81st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 36.4%INC 36.0%IND 5.6%IND 5.0%OTH 17.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,87,861
Density
104 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,606 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population23.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.0%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.9%
Electricity51.7%
Sanitation12.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Children underweight (under 5)37.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate49.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.5%
Clean cooking fuel22.9%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Guava

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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