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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1985

Badwara

Winner — 1985

HAZI GULAM AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 36.3%BJP 35.2%3 others 28.5%
Votes
14,429
36.3% share
Winning margin
421
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.3%
of 80,723

Badwara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 421 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HAZI GULAM AHMAD
INC
14,42936.3%
2
KUNWAR VIJENDRA SINGH
BJP
14,00835.2%
3
BACCHAN NAYAK
Janata
9,48623.9%
4
GOKUL CHOUDHARY
ICS
1,4653.7%
5
BHAKT RAM SHARMA
IND
3841.0%

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 (62nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 0.6% · max 51.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
62nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
200th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.3%BJP 35.2%JNP 23.9%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,76,697
Density
841 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,898 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population6.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.3%Muslim 12.7%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.3%
Electricity96.5%
Sanitation78.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.5%
Children fully vaccinated84.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)24.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Women literate80.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Clean cooking fuel86.9%
Health insurance40.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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