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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 227 · 1972

Bairagarh

Winner — 1972

LAXMI NARAIN SHARMA
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 44.0%INC 40.6%5 others 15.4%
Votes
17,718
44.0% share
Winning margin
1,371
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
58.3%
of 69,091

A closely fought contest. LAXMI NARAIN SHARMA won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAXMI NARAIN SHARMA
Grand Alliance
17,71844.0%
2
SATYA NARAIN AGRAWAL
Congress (R)
16,34740.6%
3
KAMAL SINGH DAYA RAM
2,1245.3%
4
SHEODAS HIRALAL
IND
1,1983.0%
5
G. BHAVAN DA DENANI
IND
1,1402.8%
6
SHAFIQ AHMAD
IND
1,1112.8%
7
GOVIND RAM LAL CHAND
6211.5%

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.

Average turnout (78th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 1.2% · max 28.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
78th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
89th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 44.0%INC 40.6%NCO 5.3%OTH 10.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,40,411
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,535 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.0%Muslim 9.4%Other 1.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.4%
Electricity84.3%
Sanitation24.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.9%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate64.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.6%
Health insurance48.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️GarlicGI
Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala

Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala

🏛️MonumentASI

Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala

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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