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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 167 · 1980
Balod
Winner — 1980
HIRALAL SONBOIR
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 57.6%BJP 34.1%2 others 8.3%
Votes
23,919
57.6% share
Winning margin
9,756
23.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.4%
of 82,342
Balod is a safe seat — HIRALAL SONBOIR won by 23.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIRALAL SONBOIR |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 23,919 | 57.6% |
| 2 | NARAYANRAO PAWAR | BJP | 14,163 | 34.1% |
| 3 | BRIJNANDAN SINGH | IND | 2,453 | 5.9% |
| 4 | KHAMANLAL TIWARI | IND | 972 | 2.3% |
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.
High turnout (28th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean23.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.0% · max 44.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
86%
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28th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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153rd of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 57.6%BJP 34.1%IND 5.9%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,12,681
Density
244 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,195 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population2.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation23.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Women literate58.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Clean cooking fuel37.7%
Health insurance34.3%
What's nearby?
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