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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 189 · 1990Reserved (ST)

Dindori

Winner — 1990

JEHAR SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 41.6%INC 41.3%5 others 17.1%
Votes
16,918
41.6% share
Winning margin
135
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
40.0%
of 1,01,569

Dindori was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 135 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JEHAR SINGH
BJP
16,91841.6%
2
NANHE SINGH
INC
16,78341.3%
3
PUNNOO LAL
IND
3,8449.5%
4
NAND LAL
IND
1,7444.3%
5
MOTI SINGH SANDAYA
IND
6781.7%
6
CHATROO SON SINGH
4191.0%
7
SON SINGH
IND
2560.6%

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 (135th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.3% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
135th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
91st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
21st of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.6%INC 41.3%IND 9.5%OTH 7.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,85,881
Density
255 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,427 km²
SC population6.3%
ST population69.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.2%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.8%
Electricity74.5%
Sanitation18.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.1%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Children underweight (under 5)41.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.4%
Women literate49.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance29.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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