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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 118 · 1972

Basna

Winner — 1972

LAXMAN JAIDEO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 43.2%BJS 24.1%5 others 32.7%
Votes
11,888
43.2% share
Winning margin
5,242
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
39.4%
of 69,973

Basna is a safe seat — LAXMAN JAIDEO won by 19.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAXMAN JAIDEO
Congress (R)
11,88843.2%
2
PUNITRAM DAYARAM
Grand Alliance
6,64624.1%
3
M. S. DANI
IND
3,22311.7%
4
GAUTAM PRADHAN
Grand Alliance
2,6629.7%
5
KOGRAI
1,5815.7%
6
VISHNOO SHARAN
IND
1,2234.4%
7
ISHWAR
IND
3201.2%

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 (54th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 0.2% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
54th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
35th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.2%BJS 24.1%IND 11.7%SWA 9.7%SOP 5.7%OTH 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,91,854
Density
213 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,133 km²
SC population16.9%
ST population13.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.1%Other 4.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.2%
Electricity69.5%
Sanitation35.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.4%
Children fully vaccinated82.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.9%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.7%
Health insurance49.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Toor Dal

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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