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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1990

Bilaspur

Winner — 1990

MOOLCHAND KHANDELWAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.3%INC 41.5%18 others 8.2%
Votes
43,043
50.3% share
Winning margin
7,576
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
57.0%
of 1,50,129

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOOLCHAND KHANDELWAL
BJP
43,04350.3%
2
B.R. YADAV
INC
35,46741.5%
3
NARESH CHANDRA AGARWAL
Left
2,2352.6%
4
HANUMAN SHARMA
IND
2,1752.5%
5
TAHIRA KHAN
7690.9%
6
NAZIM
IND
2950.3%
7
NARENDRA
IND
2520.3%
8
BACHCHAN
IND
2270.3%
9
LAXMI PRASAD
IND
1540.2%
10
RAJENDRA CHATURVEDI
IND
1340.2%
11
BADRI PRASAD
IND
1220.1%
12
RAMKRISHAN BHARGAV
JNP(JP)
1040.1%
13
NIHCHAL
IND
1040.1%
14
KRISHNAKAR
IND
900.1%
15
RAMCHAND
IND
890.1%
16
MAHADEO
IND
780.1%
17
PUNIDAS
IND
680.1%
18
RAJJAN SINGH THAKUR
IND
650.1%
19
KHALIL ALI
IND
520.1%
20
VIJAYMOHAN
IND
280.0%

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.

High turnout (2nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 2.0% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
2nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
104th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
71st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.3%INC 41.5%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,131
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,758 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population37.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Other 9.8%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.5%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.9%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance44.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cilantro
🏛️

Standing jain image of Digambar sect known as Naga baba and the various fragmentary stone images…

🏛️MonumentASI

Standing jain image of Digambar sect known as Naga baba and the various fragmentary stone images and architectural stone pieces

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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