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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1977

Teonthar

Winner — 1977

SHRINIWAS TIWARI
INC· INC
INC 38.8%JNP 37.3%9 others 23.9%
Votes
19,564
38.8% share
Winning margin
763
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
60.5%
of 83,256

Teonthar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 763 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRINIWAS TIWARI
INC
19,56438.8%
2
RAMALAKHANA SINGH
Janata
18,80137.3%
3
GANGA SINGH CHAUHAN
Left
4,1058.2%
4
DHANENDRA PRASAD
IND
1,8933.8%
5
TILAKDHARI
IND
1,4022.8%
6
HARSHNARAIN SINGH
IND
1,3692.7%
7
RAMSAKHA
IND
8341.7%
8
RAMAKANT TIWARI
IND
6871.4%
9
GARUD KUMAR MISHRA
IND
6851.4%
10
SHIVSEWAK
IND
5641.1%
11
UDAIVIR SINGH
IND
4861.0%

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 (205th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.2% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
205th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
33rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
144th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.8%JNP 37.3%CPI 8.2%OTH 15.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo
🏛️

Rock shelters with megaliths, monasteries and inscriptions

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock shelters with megaliths, monasteries and inscriptions

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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