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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 172 · 1972

Jabalpur East

Winner — 1972

KRISHNAAWATAR BHANOT
INC· Congress (R)
INC 56.6%BJS 20.2%4 others 23.2%
Votes
23,647
56.6% share
Winning margin
15,197
36.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
56.7%
of 73,692

Jabalpur East is a safe seat — KRISHNAAWATAR BHANOT won by 36.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNAAWATAR BHANOT
Congress (R)
23,64756.6%
2
CHAANJITLAL SAHANI
Grand Alliance
8,45020.2%
3
K. L. DUBE
7,76218.6%
4
SHIKHARCHAND JAIN
IND
1,0612.5%
5
TEKCHAND AHIRWAR
IND
7911.9%
6
SHIVSHANKAR SINGH
IND
950.2%

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.

High turnout (15th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
36.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.2% · max 36.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
15th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
186th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
187th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.6%BJS 20.2%SOP 18.6%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,63,715
Density
223 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,020 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population17.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.0%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity88.7%
Sanitation37.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated87.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Women literate64.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.0%
Health insurance35.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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