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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1985

Pohri

Winner — 1985

HIMANSHU SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 46.1%BJP 31.4%13 others 22.5%
Votes
16,995
46.1% share
Winning margin
5,400
14.6% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
43.7%
of 84,328

A clear win with a 14.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HIMANSHU SHARMA
INC
16,99546.1%
2
RAM GOPAL VERMA
BJP
11,59531.4%
3
RAMUA
IND
1,9905.4%
4
PANNU
IND
1,5134.1%
5
RADHA SHYAM
IND
1,1503.1%
6
JAI SINGH RAO
IND
9692.6%
7
BANWARI LAL
Janata
7642.1%
8
RAMESHWAR DAYAL SHARMA
IND
3591.0%
9
BHADAI
IND
3591.0%
10
JAI NARAIN
IND
2820.8%
11
PARSA
IND
1940.5%
12
RAM SINGH
IND
1920.5%
13
MAHESH KUMAR
IND
1810.5%
14
RAMCHARAN SINGH VERMA
Lok Dal
1680.5%
15
BADAMI
IND
1640.4%

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 (146th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 1.4% · max 64.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
146th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
163rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.1%BJP 31.4%IND 5.4%OTH 17.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,26,050
Density
171 / km²
Sex ratio
877 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,066 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity41.6%
Sanitation14.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.5%
Children fully vaccinated63.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.1%
Women literate56.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.5%
Clean cooking fuel32.7%
Health insurance38.9%

What's nearby?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cloth Jacket
Monastery, Ranod

Monastery, Ranod

🏛️MonumentASI

Monastery

Monastery, Surwaya

Monastery, Surwaya

🏛️MonumentASI

Monastery

Surwaya Gadhi

Surwaya Gadhi

🏛️MonumentASI

Surwaya Gadhi

🏛️

Town hall alias Gandhi Bhavan

🏛️MonumentASI

Town hall alias Gandhi Bhavan

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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