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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 162 · 1985

Durg

Winner — 1985

MOTILAL VORA
INC· INC
INC 72.5%BJP 20.6%8 others 6.8%
Votes
53,754
72.5% share
Winning margin
38,464
51.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
51.2%
of 1,44,833

Durg is a safe seat — MOTILAL VORA won by 51.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOTILAL VORA
INC
53,75472.5%
2
BISE YADAV
BJP
15,29020.6%
3
RAJKUMAR GUPTA
Left
2,2343.0%
4
UMASHANKER PANDA
Janata
7411.0%
5
ISHWARI PRASAD SONI
IND
6790.9%
6
HAKIM KHAN
IND
3900.5%
7
ARJUNSINGH SAHU
IND
3850.5%
8
MOTILAL BOHARA
IND
2580.3%
9
AMARNATH TIWARI
Lok Dal
1960.3%
10
PRABHA DEVI
IND
1740.2%

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 (53rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
51.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.1% · max 51.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
53rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
153rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
104th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 72.5%BJP 20.6%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,45,814
Density
251 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,153 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population3.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.0%
Electricity67.6%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated71.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.3%
Women literate52.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Clean cooking fuel24.8%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

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