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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 181 · 1967

Damoh

Winner — 1967

P. TANDON
INC· INC
INC 35.5%IND 35.4%6 others 29.2%
Votes
12,585
35.5% share
Winning margin
45
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
54.5%
of 65,120

Damoh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 45 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. TANDON
INC
12,58535.5%
2
A. KUMAR
IND
12,54035.4%
3
R. P. MODI
JAC
3,91311.0%
4
S. P. SHENDYE
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,4256.8%
5
R. RAI
IND
1,8955.3%
6
L. BHAROSE
9052.5%
7
N. SATU
IND
7992.3%
8
A. M. A. REHMAD
IND
4061.1%

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 (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.1% · max 61.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
132nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
120th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
94th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.5%IND 35.4%JAC 11.0%BJS 6.8%IND 5.3%OTH 5.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,73,046
Density
233 / km²
Sex ratio
965 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,025 km²
SC population11.2%
ST population39.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Muslim 7.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.2%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation22.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.8%
Children fully vaccinated77.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.4%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.1%
Women literate59.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.3%
Clean cooking fuel61.6%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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