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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 105 · 1972

Sakti

Winner — 1972

PUSHPENDRANATH SINGH
IND
IND 46.2%INC 44.3%2 others 9.6%
Votes
15,032
46.2% share
Winning margin
616
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
48.0%
of 67,884

Sakti was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 616 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PUSHPENDRANATH SINGH
IND
15,03246.2%
2
INDUMATI DEVI L SINGH
Congress (R)
14,41644.3%
3
BENIRAM SAHU VAKIL
IND
2,0656.3%
4
HEERALAL ARJUN
IND
1,0493.2%

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 (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.8% · max 49.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
72nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
8th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 46.2%INC 44.3%IND 6.3%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,54,905
Density
182 / km²
Sex ratio
1008 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,800 km²
SC population4.6%
ST population57.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.5%Other 16.2%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.5%
Electricity57.7%
Sanitation13.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.6%
Women literate66.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.0%
Clean cooking fuel22.3%
Health insurance42.6%

What's nearby?

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