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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1980

Jatara

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Winner — 1980

SWAMI PRASAD PASTOR
IND
IND 22.2%INC(I) 20.5%8 others 57.3%
Votes
9,610
22.2% share
Winning margin
743
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
52.3%
of 82,702

Jatara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 743 votes separated winner from runner-up.

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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SWAMI PRASAD PASTOR
IND
9,61022.2%
2
THAKURDAS YADAV
INC(I)
Congress (I)
8,86720.5%
3
AKHAND PRATAP SINGH YADAV
INC(U)
7,83218.1%
4
DHANUA
IND
5,12811.9%
5
GOVINDAS GHOSH
JNP(SC)
4,0289.3%
6
GOURISHANKAR SHUKLA
JNP(JP)
2,9646.8%
7
KEHAR SINGH
BJP
BJP
2,0094.7%
8
BUDDA
IND
1,3253.1%
9
BRIJESH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA
JNP(SR)
1,2512.9%
10
RAMKUMAR NAMDEV
IND
2250.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (151st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.2% · max 26.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
151st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
175th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 22.2%INC(I) 20.5%INC(U) 18.1%IND 11.9%JNP(SC) 9.3%JNP(JP) 6.8%OTH 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,45,166
Density
286 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,048 km²
SC population25.0%
ST population4.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Clean cooking fuel32.1%
Health insurance40.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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