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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1996 by-elections

Bhind

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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Chaudhary Rakesh Singh (Advocate)
INC
INC 33.2%BSP 28.4%9 others 38.4%
Votes
34,653
33.2% share
Winning margin
4,991
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
11

A closely fought contest. Chaudhary Rakesh Singh (Advocate) won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Chaudhary Rakesh Singh (Advocate)
INC
34,65333.2%
2
Chaturi Singh Yadav
BSP
29,66228.4%
3
Rama Shankar Singh
MPVC
23,80122.8%
4
Ram Bhuvan Singh Kushwah
BJP
9,1658.8%
5
Malkhan Singh
SP
5,6245.4%
6
Jagdish Jatav
JD
4790.5%
7
Rajkumar Soni
LSWP
4710.5%
8
Ramkumar Tripathi
IND
2190.2%
9
Birendra Singh
IND
1170.1%
10
Hariom
ABHM
1100.1%
11
Hemesh Kumar
IND
440.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (216th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.9% · max 31.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
216th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
203rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
10 seats · 6 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.2%BSP 28.4%MPVC 22.8%BJP 8.8%SP 5.4%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,03,005
Density
382 / km²
Sex ratio
837 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,459 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.2%
Electricity36.1%
Sanitation23.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.9%
Women literate70.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.0%
Health insurance31.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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