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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 194 · 1972

Gotegaon

Winner — 1972

NARSINGDAS
INC· Congress (R)
INC 36.9%IND 36.2%2 others 26.8%
Votes
13,996
36.9% share
Winning margin
271
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.6%
of 60,484

Gotegaon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 271 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARSINGDAS
Congress (R)
13,99636.9%
2
THAKUR SHASHIBHUSHAN SINGH
IND
13,72536.2%
3
MAHANT GULABPURI
IND
8,31121.9%
4
TURAO MOHAMMAD KHAN
IND
1,8584.9%

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 (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.0% · max 54.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
9th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
44th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.9%IND 36.2%IND 21.9%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,25,048
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,600 km²
SC population1.7%
ST population87.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity60.4%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Children underweight (under 5)41.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate37.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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