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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 34 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Kharagpur

Winner — 1972

BAIJU AHIRWAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.3%SOP 29.8%1 others 14.9%
Votes
16,380
55.3% share
Winning margin
7,545
25.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
41.9%
of 70,657

Kharagpur is a safe seat — BAIJU AHIRWAR won by 25.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAIJU AHIRWAR
Congress (R)
16,38055.3%
2
NATHU RAM AHIRWAR
8,83529.8%
3
KUREMATE
Grand Alliance
4,40014.9%

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.

Average turnout (108th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.9% · max 70.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
108th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
151st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.3%SOP 29.8%BJS 14.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,45,071
Density
181 / km²
Sex ratio
904 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,674 km²
SC population20.8%
ST population9.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Other 7.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.2%
Electricity49.6%
Sanitation15.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated69.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.1%
Women literate57.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.3%
Health insurance34.2%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chanderi Handloom
Gargaj and Mahadev Ghat Group of Temples

Gargaj and Mahadev Ghat Group of Temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Gargaj and Mahadev Ghat Group of Temples

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Ghats,

🏛️MonumentASI

Ghats,

🏛️

Hanuman Marhi Group of Temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Hanuman Marhi Group of Temples

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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