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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 36 · 1972

Malehra

Winner — 1972

DASHRATH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.6%IND 27.1%2 others 14.3%
Votes
24,416
58.6% share
Winning margin
13,124
31.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
52.8%
of 78,874

Malehra is a safe seat — DASHRATH won by 31.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DASHRATH
Congress (R)
24,41658.6%
2
BASANT LAL
IND
11,29227.1%
3
DESHPAL SINGH
Grand Alliance
3,8199.2%
4
JANG BAHADUR SINGH
Grand Alliance
2,1515.2%

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 (104th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 2.1% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
104th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.97
fewer partiesmore parties
221st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
141st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.6%IND 27.1%SWA 9.2%BKD 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,78,458
Density
232 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,252 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population9.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.4%Other 7.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity72.0%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate69.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.7%
Health insurance27.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Farm Equipment
🏛️

Overhanging rock with some pre-historic sculptured bordering the Jamini valley,

🏛️MonumentASI

Overhanging rock with some pre-historic sculptured bordering the Jamini valley,

🏛️

Temple of Mahadeo

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Mahadeo

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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