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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 143 · 1972

Gunderdehi

Winner — 1972

GHANARAM SAHU
IND
IND 41.0%INC 40.2%4 others 18.8%
Votes
17,283
41.0% share
Winning margin
350
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.0%
of 67,900

Gunderdehi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 350 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GHANARAM SAHU
IND
17,28341.0%
2
VASUDEV CHANDRAKAR
Congress (R)
16,93340.2%
3
MANTRILAL
IND
2,4165.7%
4
R. D. JOGANS
IND
2,1955.2%
5
KALOORAM
IND
1,7624.2%
6
RAGHUVAR SAHU
1,5243.6%

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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.2% · max 36.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
65th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
69th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 41.0%INC 40.2%IND 5.7%IND 5.2%OTH 7.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,31,597
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,466 km²
SC population17.0%
ST population15.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.8%Muslim 9.0%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity70.9%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate75.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.6%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Basmati Rice

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