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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 222 · 1972

Budhni

Winner — 1972

SALIGRAM VAKIL
IND
IND 44.0%INC 37.1%1 others 18.9%
Votes
16,821
44.0% share
Winning margin
2,653
7.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
53.6%
of 71,184

A clear win with a 7.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SALIGRAM VAKIL
IND
16,82144.0%
2
BANSHIDHAR KALURAM
Congress (R)
14,16837.1%
3
KRISHNA KANT JOSHI
Grand Alliance
7,20318.9%

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 (21st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.3% · max 34.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
21st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
197th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 44.0%INC 37.1%BJS 18.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,55,069
Density
299 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,861 km²
SC population13.7%
ST population28.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 10.4%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.6%
Electricity72.9%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated93.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel53.1%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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