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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Raigaon

Winner — 1980

RAMASHRAYA PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 49.5%IND 16.8%6 others 33.7%
Votes
17,719
49.5% share
Winning margin
11,714
32.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
45.1%
of 79,377

Raigaon is a safe seat — RAMASHRAYA PRASAD won by 32.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMASHRAYA PRASAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
17,71949.5%
2
JUGAL KISHORE
IND
6,00516.8%
3
RAM SWAROOP
BJP
5,97916.7%
4
SHUWAN DAS
JNP(SC)
1,5524.3%
5
LOK NATH
IND
1,2313.4%
6
VISHWESHAR PRASAD
JNP(JP)
1,1753.3%
7
SAMPAT CHARMKAR
Left
1,1353.2%
8
SHIV NARAYAN
IND
9832.8%

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.

Low turnout (185th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.8% · max 32.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
185th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.43
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
154th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.5%IND 16.8%BJP 16.7%OTH 17.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tomato
🏛️

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the Paisuni river,

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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