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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1972

Ashoknagar

Winner — 1972

MAHENDRA SINGH
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 55.4%INC 35.7%4 others 8.9%
Votes
23,749
55.5% share
Winning margin
8,462
19.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
54.6%
of 78,423

Ashoknagar is a safe seat — MAHENDRA SINGH won by 19.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHENDRA SINGH
Grand Alliance
23,74955.5%
2
RAO CHANDANSINGH
Congress (R)
15,28735.7%
3
MINTULAL NIRBHIK
IND
1,3133.1%
4
GAYAPRASAD AHIRWAR
IND
1,2182.8%
5
RAMSWARUP PARASHAR
IND
9802.3%
6
SUKHLAL AHIRWAR
IND
2850.7%

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 (66th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 1.6% · max 49.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
66th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
61st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 55.5%INC 35.7%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,41,519
Density
194 / km²
Sex ratio
912 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,390 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population15.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Other 5.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.1%
Electricity59.7%
Sanitation19.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.0%
Children fully vaccinated78.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel34.5%
Health insurance43.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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