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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Bhander

Winner — 1980

KAMLAPAT ARYA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 43.1%BJP 25.3%7 others 31.7%
Votes
14,904
43.0% share
Winning margin
6,160
17.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.5%
of 85,521

Bhander is a safe seat — KAMLAPAT ARYA won by 17.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMLAPAT ARYA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
14,90443.0%
2
POORANSINGH PALAIYA
BJP
8,74425.3%
3
NANDLAL SARONIYA
JNP(SC)
7,61322.0%
4
KHUBIRAM PATHWAR
JNP(JP)
1,0283.0%
5
ATAMDAS
8312.4%
6
GAJJU
IND
6321.8%
7
HARDAYAL
IND
4111.2%
8
PANNULAL
IND
3190.9%
9
RADHESHYAM
IND
1370.4%

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 (168th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 2.3% · max 33.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
168th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
121st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.0%BJP 25.3%JNP(SC) 22.0%OTH 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,86,754
Density
271 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,902 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population1.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.0%Other 5.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.7%
Electricity61.2%
Sanitation22.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.4%
Children fully vaccinated79.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.6%
Women literate67.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Clean cooking fuel31.2%
Health insurance30.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery
Rock inscription of Asoka

Rock inscription of Asoka

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock inscription of Asoka

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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