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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 95 · 1980Reserved (ST)
Ambikapur
Winner — 1980
MADAN GOPAL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 78.5%BJP 18.1%1 others 3.4%
Votes
25,218
78.5% share
Winning margin
19,391
60.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
36.9%
of 87,048
Ambikapur is a safe seat — MADAN GOPAL won by 60.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MADAN GOPAL |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 25,218 | 78.5% |
| 2 | LOCHAN SINGH | BJP | 5,827 | 18.1% |
| 3 | DHANESHWAR NATH | JNP(SC) | 1,088 | 3.4% |
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.
Average turnout (93rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe60.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.1% · min 7.5% · max 60.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
93rd of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
125th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
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223rd of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 78.5%BJP 18.1%OTH 3.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,63,289
Density
473 / km²
Sex ratio
929 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,211 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population15.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.3%Other 4.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water44.7%
Electricity87.8%
Sanitation55.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated— NOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.9%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.2%
Clean cooking fuel28.5%
Health insurance61.2%
What's nearby?
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