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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 213 · 1985

Seoni

Winner — 1985

RAMESH CHAND JAIN
INC· INC
INC 51.5%BJP 20.2%6 others 28.3%
Votes
22,691
51.5% share
Winning margin
13,785
31.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
48.6%
of 90,786

Seoni is a safe seat — RAMESH CHAND JAIN won by 31.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESH CHAND JAIN
INC
22,69151.5%
2
PRAMOD KUMAR JAIN ALIAS KUNWAR SAHIB
BJP
8,90620.2%
3
SUBHAGYACHAND MALOO (SUBHAGYA BHAIYA)
Janata
8,58919.5%
4
ISRAR SABRI
Left
2,0174.6%
5
BABOOLAL SHRIVASTAVA
IND
5381.2%
6
BHURA BHOI BHALAVI
IND
4931.1%
7
AZHARUL ALIM
IND
4571.0%
8
BHAIYALAL PATEL
IND
4070.9%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.2% · max 44.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
77th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
135th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.5%BJP 20.2%JNP 19.5%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,86,864
Density
326 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,091 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 11.7%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.7%
Electricity84.2%
Sanitation43.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated93.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate64.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Clean cooking fuel60.7%
Health insurance35.7%

What's nearby?

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