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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 130 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Arang

Winner — 1985

VIJAY KUMAR GURU
INC· INC
INC 45.7%BJP 29.0%6 others 25.3%
Votes
16,600
45.7% share
Winning margin
6,081
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
46.6%
of 77,943

Arang is a safe seat — VIJAY KUMAR GURU won by 16.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIJAY KUMAR GURU
INC
16,60045.7%
2
SADARAM TANDON
BJP
10,51929.0%
3
KANHAIYALAL KOSARIYA
IND
5,89716.3%
4
BHISHMA DEO NAKUL DHIDHI
IND
1,2713.5%
5
BHORBAHARA
Janata
7702.1%
6
RAMLAL MANDEY
IND
7622.1%
7
SUNDERLAL LAHRE
IND
2520.7%
8
VISHRAM PRASAD CHATURVEDI
IND
2260.6%

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 (124th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 4.9% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
124th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
34th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.7%BJP 29.0%IND 16.3%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,75,362
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,043 km²
SC population10.1%
ST population42.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.6%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.2%
Electricity70.6%
Sanitation24.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated80.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Children underweight (under 5)31.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.2%
Women literate72.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.0%
Health insurance51.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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