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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 173 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Dongargarh

Winner — 1985

DHANESH KUMAR PATILA
INC· INC
INC 63.4%CPI 22.4%6 others 14.2%
Votes
18,986
63.4% share
Winning margin
12,288
41.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
36.4%
of 82,204

Dongargarh is a safe seat — DHANESH KUMAR PATILA won by 41.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANESH KUMAR PATILA
INC
18,98663.4%
2
CHHABILAL KAUSHIK
Left
6,69822.4%
3
GOPIRAM BANJARE
BJP
2,2187.4%
4
MALIK DAS
IND
7142.4%
5
SHOBHARAM BAGHEL
IND
4291.4%
6
LAXMAN SWAMI
IND
3961.3%
7
RAMCHAND VAIDE
IND
2720.9%
8
AMJOR SINGH BHOARI
IND
2260.8%

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 (80th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
41.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 3.5% · max 62.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
80th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
115th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 63.4%CPI 22.4%BJP 7.4%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
15,63,715
Density
223 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,020 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population17.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.0%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity88.7%
Sanitation37.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated87.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Women literate64.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.0%
Health insurance35.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo
🏛️

Unfinished Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Unfinished Temple

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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