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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Gopadbanas

Winner — 1972

JAGWA
IND
IND 23.1%INC 22.3%8 others 54.6%
Votes
5,818
23.1% share
Winning margin
197
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
34.1%
of 74,001

Gopadbanas was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 197 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGWA
IND
5,81823.1%
2
CHHOTELAL SINGH
Congress (R)
5,62122.3%
3
DALPRATAP
IND
5,02219.9%
4
KRISHNAPRATAP
IND
2,2268.8%
5
RAMCHARAN SINGH
IND
1,9997.9%
6
JAIRAM SINGH
Grand Alliance
1,5136.0%
7
RANDAMAN SINGH
IND
1,3315.3%
8
MAHABIR SINGH
IND
9903.9%
9
VISHWANATH
IND
3881.5%
10
BALSAKHU SINGH
3111.2%

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.

Low turnout (185th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.8% · max 32.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
185th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.43
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
154th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 23.1%INC 22.3%IND 19.9%IND 8.8%IND 7.9%BJS 6.0%OTH 12.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tomato
🏛️

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the Paisuni river,

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