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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 99 · 1972

Bilha

Winner — 1972

CHITRAKANT JAISWAL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 41.4%IND 18.6%6 others 40.0%
Votes
11,830
41.4% share
Winning margin
6,515
22.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
45.3%
of 63,063

Bilha is a safe seat — CHITRAKANT JAISWAL won by 22.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHITRAKANT JAISWAL
Congress (R)
11,83041.4%
2
BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD GORHA
IND
5,31518.6%
3
RAMESHKUMAR GIRDHARILAL
IND
4,14714.5%
4
RAMKHILAVAN VERMA
Grand Alliance
4,04414.2%
5
BHANGI
IND
2,2367.8%
6
BALMAKUND AGRAWAL
IND
6042.1%
7
LAKHANLAL YADU
IND
2140.8%
8
VYASNARAYAN AVADHRAM
IND
1940.7%

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 (203rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 4.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
203rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
76th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.4%IND 18.6%IND 14.5%BJS 14.2%IND 7.8%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,63,289
Density
473 / km²
Sex ratio
929 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,211 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population15.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.3%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water44.7%
Electricity87.8%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.9%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.2%
Clean cooking fuel28.5%
Health insurance61.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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