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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1980
Raipur Town
Winner — 1980
SWARUPCHAN JAIN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 63.1%BJP 26.8%9 others 10.1%
Votes
22,926
63.1% share
Winning margin
13,166
36.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
39.4%
of 92,278
Raipur Town is a safe seat — SWARUPCHAN JAIN won by 36.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWARUPCHAN JAIN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 22,926 | 63.1% |
| 2 | BALUBHAI PATEL | BJP | 9,760 | 26.9% |
| 3 | SHANKAR DUBE | JNP(SC) | 2,276 | 6.3% |
| 4 | NAND KUMAR PATHAK | 387 | 1.1% | |
| 5 | ABDUL GAFFAR | JNP(JP) | 321 | 0.9% |
| 6 | GIRIJASHANKAR | IND | 299 | 0.8% |
| 7 | N. R. GOSWAMI | RRP | 144 | 0.4% |
| 8 | NARESH AGGARWAL | IND | 98 | 0.3% |
| 9 | AFZAL AHMED RIZVI VAKIL | JNP(SR) | 65 | 0.2% |
| 10 | BALMUKUND SHAH | IND | 45 | 0.1% |
| 11 | PRATAP RAI | IND | 35 | 0.1% |
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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 (64th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean36.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.6% · max 39.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
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64th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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150th of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.1%BJP 26.9%JNP(SC) 6.3%OTH 3.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,90,922
Density
177 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,815 km²
SC population11.1%
ST population36.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.0%Other 8.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water37.4%
Electricity78.7%
Sanitation25.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.7%
Women literate72.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance48.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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