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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 198 · 1967

Barghat

Winner — 1967

R. BHARGAVA
INC· INC
INC 41.8%PSP 38.4%2 others 19.8%
Votes
12,080
41.8% share
Winning margin
969
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
42.9%
of 67,432

A closely fought contest. R. BHARGAVA won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. BHARGAVA
INC
12,08041.8%
2
J. BISEN
Praja Socialist Party
11,11138.4%
3
DEVISINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,61612.5%
4
GHUDANLAL
2,0987.3%

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 (152nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 0.2% · max 40.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
152nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.02
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
82nd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.8%PSP 38.4%BJS 12.5%RPI 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,85,793
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,153 km²
SC population6.7%
ST population55.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Muslim 5.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.2%
Electricity83.3%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate55.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.5%
Clean cooking fuel44.8%
Health insurance30.3%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bagh PrintsGI
Buddhist caves 1 to 7

Buddhist caves 1 to 7

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist caves 1 to 7

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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