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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 90 · 1972

Kotghora

Winner — 1972

BODHRAM
IND
IND 38.9%INC 36.3%5 others 24.8%
Votes
15,794
38.9% share
Winning margin
1,079
2.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
52.8%
of 76,897

A closely fought contest. BODHRAM won with a 2.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BODHRAM
IND
15,79438.9%
2
JYOTIBHUSHAN PRATAP SINGH
Congress (R)
14,71536.3%
3
MAHABIR PRASAD
IND
5,67814.0%
4
SHEOBHAGAT
IND
1,9104.7%
5
BHUVNESHWAR SINGH
Grand Alliance
1,5593.8%
6
THAN SINGH
4661.1%
7
SUNDRAM
IND
4431.1%

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 (136th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.2% · max 46.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
136th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.15
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
24th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 38.9%INC 36.3%IND 14.0%OTH 10.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,44,758
Density
158 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,076 km²
SC population9.0%
ST population46.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.2%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity47.1%
Sanitation13.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated90.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.5%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel26.9%
Health insurance19.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mahua

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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