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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 212 · 1980
Barghat
Winner — 1980
MAHESH PRASAD MISHRA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 63.5%BJP 29.6%2 others 6.9%
Votes
24,731
63.5% share
Winning margin
13,218
34.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
48.4%
of 80,496
Barghat is a safe seat — MAHESH PRASAD MISHRA won by 34.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHESH PRASAD MISHRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,731 | 63.5% |
| 2 | BHARATLAL BISEN | BJP | 11,513 | 29.6% |
| 3 | BASANT KATRE | IND | 2,211 | 5.7% |
| 4 | TURAB MOHD KHAN | IND | 468 | 1.2% |
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 (92nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean34.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.3% · max 39.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
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92nd of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
149th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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182nd of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.5%BJP 29.6%IND 5.7%OTH 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,86,864
Density
326 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,091 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population2.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 11.7%Other 1.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.7%
Electricity84.2%
Sanitation43.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated93.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate64.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Clean cooking fuel60.7%
Health insurance35.7%
What's nearby?
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