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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Deotalab

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Winner — 1980

RAM KHELAWAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 40.7%INC(U) 24.6%9 others 34.7%
Votes
10,745
40.7% share
Winning margin
4,243
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
30.8%
of 85,817

Deotalab is a safe seat — RAM KHELAWAN won by 16.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM KHELAWAN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
10,74540.7%
2
CHHOTELAL BHORAI
INC(U)
6,50224.6%
3
KELAWAN BHIR
IND
3,01311.4%
4
JAI KARAN
JNP(JP)
1,5675.9%
5
RAM DEWAN
IND
1,0684.0%
6
CHHOTELAL SUGRIV
BJP
BJP
1,0634.0%
7
KRISHNPRIYA MATREYA ALIAS KRISHNA HARIJAN
JNP(SC)
7953.0%
8
SADHU
IND
6702.5%
9
BOUSAKHU
IND
5001.9%
10
BHAGIRATHI
IND
2861.1%
11
RAM PYARE
IND
2010.8%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (208th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 2.1% · max 70.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
208th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
88th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.7%INC(U) 24.6%IND 11.4%JNP(JP) 5.9%OTH 17.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo

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