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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 15 · 1972

Lashkar

Winner — 1972

SITILA SAHAI
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 52.3%INC 34.0%6 others 13.7%
Votes
22,858
52.3% share
Winning margin
7,986
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.3%
of 65,026

Lashkar is a safe seat — SITILA SAHAI won by 18.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SITILA SAHAI
Grand Alliance
22,85852.3%
2
ANAND SWAROOP MISHRA
Congress (R)
14,87234.0%
3
D. SADASHIV PARCHURE
4,2479.7%
4
BALRAM
IND
6711.5%
5
FAGUNGMLA SAWALDAS
IND
3980.9%
6
SURESH AGNIHOTRI
IND
2440.6%
7
ROOPKISHOR SINGAL
2350.5%
8
RAMESHWAR BHARGAV
IND
2070.5%

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.

Low turnout (215th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.9% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
215th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
208th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 52.3%INC 34.0%HMS 9.7%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,32,036
Density
446 / km²
Sex ratio
864 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,560 km²
SC population19.3%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 7.0%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water44.3%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation59.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated80.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate76.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.8%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance40.6%

What's nearby?

13 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Sandstone Tiles
Gwalior fort

Gwalior fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Gwalior fort

Gwalior fort :Chaturbhuj temple

Gwalior fort :Chaturbhuj temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Gwalior fort :Chaturbhuj temple

🏛️

Gwalior fort :Ganesha gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Gwalior fort :Ganesha gate

Gwalior fort :Gwalior or Alamgir gate

Gwalior fort :Gwalior or Alamgir gate

🏛️MonumentASI

Gwalior fort :Gwalior or Alamgir gate

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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