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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 171 · 1980

Dongargaon

Winner — 1980

HIRARAM VERMA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 43.7%JNP(SR) 33.6%2 others 22.6%
Votes
11,487
43.7% share
Winning margin
2,654
10.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
43.9%
of 59,801

A clear win with a 10.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HIRARAM VERMA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
11,48743.7%
2
VIDYABHUSHAN THAKUR
JNP(SR)
8,83333.6%
3
MANGAL CHAND JAIN
BJP
5,56821.2%
4
CHANDRAKANT THAKUR
JNP(JP)
3731.4%

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 (157th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 1.3% · max 55.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
157th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
210th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
169th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.7%JNP(SR) 33.6%BJP 21.2%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,63,715
Density
223 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,020 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population17.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.0%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity88.7%
Sanitation37.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated87.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Women literate64.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.0%
Health insurance35.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo

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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