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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1985

Gird

Winner — 1985

BALENDU SHUKLA
INC· INC
INC 49.7%BJP 27.0%11 others 23.3%
Votes
23,794
49.7% share
Winning margin
10,894
22.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
52.9%
of 90,498

Gird is a safe seat — BALENDU SHUKLA won by 22.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALENDU SHUKLA
INC
23,79449.7%
2
POORAN SINGH
BJP
12,90027.0%
3
KAPTANSINGH SOLANKI
IND
6,56513.7%
4
PEETAM
IND
1,3252.8%
5
ARWAN KHAN
IND
9632.0%
6
NARAYAN
IND
7261.5%
7
RAMBHAROSE
IND
6121.3%
8
RAKESH ACHAL
IND
4190.9%
9
MUNNA KHAN
IND
1550.3%
10
BHAGWAN SINGH
Lok Dal
1180.3%
11
BHAGWAN LAL
IND
1090.2%
12
BALKRISHAN RATHOD
IND
990.2%
13
DEEPAK
IND
560.1%

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 (179th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 1.3% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
179th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
121st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
105th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%BJP 27.0%IND 13.7%OTH 9.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,32,036
Density
446 / km²
Sex ratio
864 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,560 km²
SC population19.3%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 7.0%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water44.3%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation59.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated80.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate76.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.8%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance40.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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