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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 194 · 1985

Jabalpur Cantonment

Winner — 1985

CHANDRA MOHAN
INC· INC
INC 59.2%BJP 28.4%10 others 12.4%
Votes
23,877
59.2% share
Winning margin
12,436
30.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
45.1%
of 89,443

Jabalpur Cantonment is a safe seat — CHANDRA MOHAN won by 30.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRA MOHAN
INC
23,87759.2%
2
DILEEP YADAV
BJP
11,44128.4%
3
L. N. MEHROTRA
Left
1,9975.0%
4
RAM KUMAR YADAV
IND
1,1652.9%
5
AMAR NATH YADAV
IND
9592.4%
6
GULAB CHOUDHARY
IND
1950.5%
7
UMAR DARAJ
IND
1600.4%
8
KANWAR MOHAN SINGH
IND
1590.4%
9
HANUMANT RAO GAJBHIYA
IND
1240.3%
10
SHEETLA PRASAD TRIPATHI
IND
1230.3%
11
ARUN NAIDU
IND
970.2%
12
SHAMBHU URF SHYAMDAS
IND
310.1%

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.

High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.0% · max 54.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
9th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
44th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.2%BJP 28.4%OTH 12.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,25,048
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,600 km²
SC population1.7%
ST population87.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity60.4%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Children underweight (under 5)41.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate37.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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