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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1972

Chitra Koot

Winner — 1972

RAM CHANDRA BAJPAYEE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 56.7%SOP 23.0%3 others 20.3%
Votes
28,711
56.7% share
Winning margin
17,073
33.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.6%
of 79,558

Chitra Koot is a safe seat — RAM CHANDRA BAJPAYEE won by 33.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM CHANDRA BAJPAYEE
Congress (R)
28,71156.7%
2
RAM NAND SINGH
11,63823.0%
3
GOPAL SHARAN SINGH
6,07512.0%
4
VISHWESHWAR PRASAD
IND
3,2756.5%
5
PARASNATH PANDE
IND
9311.8%

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 (153rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
33.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.9% · max 33.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
153rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
56th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.7%SOP 23.0%NCO 12.0%IND 6.5%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,45,166
Density
286 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,048 km²
SC population25.0%
ST population4.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Clean cooking fuel32.1%
Health insurance40.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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