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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 111 · 1998

Kota

Winner — 1998

RAJENDRA SHUKLA
INC· INC
INC 43.4%BJP 42.0%4 others 14.6%
Votes
33,120
43.4% share
Winning margin
1,121
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.7%
of 1,25,551

Kota was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,121 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA SHUKLA
INC
33,12043.4%
2
BHUPENDRA SINGH
NDA
31,99942.0%
3
DR. URMILA MARKO
9,48512.4%
4
RAMAYAN SHARMA
AJBP
7270.9%
5
DR. PRANAV KUMAR BANARJEE
IND
5300.7%
6
RAMBILAS SHARMA
IND
3750.5%

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 (35th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 0.2% · max 59.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
35th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
220th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.4%BJP 42.0%GGP 12.4%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,01,698
Density
184 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,229 km²
SC population7.4%
ST population22.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Other 10.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.7%
Electricity70.5%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.1%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Children underweight (under 5)44.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.6%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.4%
Clean cooking fuel31.1%
Health insurance68.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chinnaur Rice

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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