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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 197 · 1985

Jabalpur West

Winner — 1985

CHANDRA KUMAR BHANOT
INC· INC
INC 56.6%BJP 34.3%8 others 9.1%
Votes
27,261
56.6% share
Winning margin
10,759
22.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
42.8%
of 1,12,662

Jabalpur West is a safe seat — CHANDRA KUMAR BHANOT won by 22.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRA KUMAR BHANOT
INC
27,26156.6%
2
ISHWARDAS ROHANI
BJP
16,50234.3%
3
ANIL SHARMA
Janata
2,6385.5%
4
MOHAN SINGH THAKUR
IND
5711.2%
5
DASHRATH
IND
5351.1%
6
JAGDEESH PRASAD CHOUBE
ICS
2120.4%
7
AVINASH KHATRI
IND
2060.4%
8
BIHARI LAL TARTAR
IND
940.2%
9
RAJENDRA TIWARI
IND
740.1%
10
USHA GOUR
IND
680.1%

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 (163rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 3.0% · max 38.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
163rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
168th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
29th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.6%BJP 34.3%JNP 5.5%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,85,793
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,153 km²
SC population6.7%
ST population55.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Muslim 5.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.2%
Electricity83.3%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate55.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.5%
Clean cooking fuel44.8%
Health insurance30.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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