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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1985Reserved (ST)

Tanakhar

Winner — 1985

HIRA SINGH MARKAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.2%INC 31.4%8 others 18.3%
Votes
16,370
50.2% share
Winning margin
6,119
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
35.3%
of 92,381

Tanakhar is a safe seat — HIRA SINGH MARKAM won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HIRA SINGH MARKAM
BJP
16,37050.2%
2
LAL KRITI KUMAR SINGH
INC
10,25131.4%
3
VISHRAM SINGH
Left
2,0246.2%
4
NARBADA PRASAD MARKAM
IND
1,1783.6%
5
SADHURAM
IND
9853.0%
6
BALRAM SINGH
IND
7242.2%
7
MADHAW RAO
IND
4061.3%
8
LALJI
IND
3981.2%
9
GAJRAJ SINGH
IND
1680.5%
10
UMEND SINGH
IND
980.3%

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.

High turnout (32nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.3% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
32nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
124th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.2%INC 31.4%CPI 6.2%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,01,698
Density
184 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,229 km²
SC population7.4%
ST population22.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Other 10.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.7%
Electricity70.5%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.1%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Children underweight (under 5)44.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.6%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.4%
Clean cooking fuel31.1%
Health insurance68.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chinnaur Rice
Temple of Kotesvara (Mahadeo and Hanuman)

Temple of Kotesvara (Mahadeo and Hanuman)

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Kotesvara (Mahadeo and Hanuman)

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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