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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Sarangarh

Winner — 1972

SHEO PRASAD GOTIA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 34.0%IND 32.7%3 others 33.3%
Votes
8,117
34.0% share
Winning margin
309
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
30.4%
of 78,614

Sarangarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 309 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEO PRASAD GOTIA
Congress (R)
8,11734.0%
2
AWADHA RAM BHARDWAJ
IND
7,80832.7%
3
KANTHA RAM
Grand Alliance
5,26722.1%
4
MAKHAN
IND
1,9468.2%
5
DAMROODHAR JOLHE
7393.1%

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 (96th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.1% · min 1.3% · max 67.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
96th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
3rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.0%IND 32.7%BJS 22.1%IND 8.2%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,49,237
Density
200 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,747 km²
SC population9.9%
ST population47.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Other 8.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water17.7%
Electricity48.2%
Sanitation17.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.8%
Children fully vaccinated86.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.0%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.6%
Clean cooking fuel21.7%
Health insurance52.8%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kodo Kutki
Karan Temple

Karan Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Karan Temple

Temple of Patalesvara

Temple of Patalesvara

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Patalesvara

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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