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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 204 · 1985

Vijairaghogarh

Winner — 1985

LAL RAJENDRA SINGH BAGHEL
BJP· BJP
BJP 41.3%INC 35.1%11 others 23.6%
Votes
16,861
41.3% share
Winning margin
2,507
6.1% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
49.2%
of 83,058

A clear win with a 6.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAL RAJENDRA SINGH BAGHEL
BJP
16,86141.3%
2
R. K. SHARMA
INC
14,35435.1%
3
LAXMI CHAND BAJHAL
Janata
2,5966.3%
4
KUBERDATTA SHARMA
IND
1,8704.6%
5
KEDAR PRASAD
IND
1,2243.0%
6
RAMKALI BAI
IND
9972.4%
7
SHARAD KUMAR PANDEY
IND
9022.2%
8
JANKI PRASAD GUPTA
IND
6391.6%
9
BISHAHULAL
IND
4471.1%
10
SAMPATLAL
IND
3420.8%
11
RAMADHAR SONI
IND
2940.7%
12
AMARNATH SINGH RANA
ICS
2060.5%
13
ALOK KUMAR
IND
1240.3%

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 (178th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.4% · max 39.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
178th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
219th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
199th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.3%INC 35.1%JNP 6.3%OTH 17.2%

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?

4 locations
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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