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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1980

Sohagpur

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Winner — 1980

KRISHNAPAL SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 55.6%BJP 14.7%6 others 29.7%
Votes
23,168
55.6% share
Winning margin
17,043
40.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
48.4%
of 85,984

Sohagpur is a safe seat — KRISHNAPAL SINGH won by 40.9%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNAPAL SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,16855.6%
2
LALLU SINGH
BJP
BJP
6,12514.7%
3
KOMAL CHAND
CPI
Left
4,45110.7%
4
SHYAMLAL
IND
3,8849.3%
5
JUGAL KISHORE GUPTA
JNP(SC)
2,2055.3%
6
WAZID ALI
IND
9532.3%
7
MUBASSIR HUSSAIN
IND
6791.6%
8
ANIL KANT GUPTA
IND
1750.4%

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 (87th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
40.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.6% · max 49.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
87th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
19th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.6%BJP 14.7%CPI 10.7%IND 9.3%JNP(SC) 5.3%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,66,063
Density
172 / km²
Sex ratio
974 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,205 km²
SC population8.4%
ST population44.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.5%Other 6.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.5%
Electricity45.5%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated86.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.4%
Women literate68.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Clean cooking fuel26.5%
Health insurance58.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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