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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 201 · 1993

Bahotiband

Winner — 1993

VISHNU DATT POURANIK
INC· INC
INC 39.3%BJP 38.5%10 others 22.2%
Votes
28,338
39.3% share
Winning margin
537
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
58.7%
of 1,22,974

Bahotiband was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 537 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHNU DATT POURANIK
INC
28,33839.3%
2
RAJBHAN SHUKLA
BJP
27,80138.5%
3
RAJENDRA BAJPAI
IND
7,41210.3%
4
MANORAMA
5,4407.5%
5
AJAY TAHKUR
IND
7431.0%
6
SUBHASH MINOCHA
Janata Dal
5670.8%
7
PHULLOO RAM
IND
4740.7%
8
DASHRATH PRASAD
IND
4450.6%
9
ANAND KUMAR
IND
3840.5%
10
SHIV SHANKAR
IND
2480.3%
11
RANI DUBEY
IND
1980.3%
12
SURENDRA SINGH
IND
930.1%

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 (111th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.0% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
111th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
189th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.3%BJP 38.5%IND 10.3%BSP 7.5%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,85,793
Density
268 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,153 km²
SC population6.7%
ST population55.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Muslim 5.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.2%
Electricity83.3%
Sanitation30.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate55.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.5%
Clean cooking fuel44.8%
Health insurance30.3%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bagh PrintsGI
Bhojshala and Kamal Maula's mosque

Bhojshala and Kamal Maula's mosque

🏛️MonumentASI

Bhojshala and Kamal Maula's mosque

Lat ki masjid

Lat ki masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Lat ki masjid

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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