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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1980

Damoh

Winner — 1980

CHANDRANARAYAN RAMDHAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 48.8%BJP 27.7%8 others 23.4%
Votes
19,410
48.9% share
Winning margin
8,395
21.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
47.2%
of 84,258

Damoh is a safe seat — CHANDRANARAYAN RAMDHAN won by 21.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRANARAYAN RAMDHAN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
19,41048.9%
2
KRISHNA ANAND ANANDKUMAR
BJP
11,01527.7%
3
PRATAPNARAYAN SINGH LACHHMAN SINGH
IND
5,39513.6%
4
KHET SINGH GHASIRAM
RPK
9352.4%
5
PRATPAP SINGH PRAHLAD SINGH
IND
8012.0%
6
BHAGWAN DAS SONI VANSHIDHAR
IND
6231.6%
7
OM PRAKASH RAJ BAHADUR
IND
5951.5%
8
TOPANDAS
IND
5091.3%
9
ANANDKUMAR KOMAL CHAND
IND
2660.7%
10
RAM SINGH BALMUKUND
IND
1880.5%

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.

Average turnout (167th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 58.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
167th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
173rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 48.9%BJP 27.7%IND 13.6%OTH 9.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,62,375
Density
203 / km²
Sex ratio
883 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,687 km²
SC population23.0%
ST population4.2%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.2%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity47.5%
Sanitation15.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.2%
Children fully vaccinated72.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Children underweight (under 5)34.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.5%
Women literate60.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.1%
Health insurance17.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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