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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 140 · 1990

Mahasamund

Winner — 1990

SANTOSH KUMAR
JD· National Front
JD 39.5%INC 33.9%21 others 26.7%
Votes
22,787
39.5% share
Winning margin
3,233
5.6% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
53.5%
of 1,07,857

A clear win with a 5.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANTOSH KUMAR
National Front
22,78739.5%
2
AGNI CHANDRAKAR
INC
19,55433.9%
3
DEV PRASAD KELKAR
IND
3,5086.1%
4
MOHD. YAKUB RAJWANI
IND
3,1255.4%
5
TULSI RAM SAHU
IND
2,2243.9%
6
FAJAL HUSSAIN PASHA
IND
1,9183.3%
7
ALAKH RAM NETAM
IND
1,2172.1%
8
RUPESHWAR ALIAS RUPU
IND
1,0181.8%
9
DILIP JAIN SIRPURWALE
IND
3520.6%
10
DEEPAK RAO SAKARKAR (BHAU)
IND
3040.5%
11
HARI OM TIWARI
2780.5%
12
RAMESH
IND
2120.4%
13
MARKHANDE PURAN
IND
2100.4%
14
MANJIT SINGH
IND
1510.3%
15
NARENDRA TIWARI ALIAS DADU
IND
1470.3%
16
BABU LAL
IND
1460.3%
17
SHANKAR LAL SAHU AZAD
IND
1400.2%
18
GANGADHAR AGRAWAL
IND
970.2%
19
ABHAY RAM SAHU
IND
940.2%
20
PUSAU MADAIYA
IND
900.2%
21
PUNAM KUMAR CHANDRAKAR
IND
790.1%
22
DAU GUNNIDHI LAL AGRAWAL
IND
540.1%
23
MANIK GUPTA
IND
310.1%

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 (75th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 1.3% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
75th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
91st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 39.5%INC 33.9%IND 6.1%IND 5.4%OTH 15.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,31,597
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,466 km²
SC population17.0%
ST population15.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.8%Muslim 9.0%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity70.9%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate75.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.6%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Basmati Rice

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