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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 115 · 1998

Takhatpur

Winner — 1998

JAGJEET SINGH MAKKAD
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 32.1%INC 31.9%5 others 36.0%
Votes
23,150
32.1% share
Winning margin
145
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.0%
of 1,12,574

Takhatpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 145 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGJEET SINGH MAKKAD
BJP (NDA)
23,15032.1%
2
BALRAM SINGH
INC
23,00531.9%
3
SHANKER MALI
BSP
17,25923.9%
4
HARPRASAD KAUSHIK
6,8969.6%
5
DR. BHAIYALAL TAMRAKAR
IND
1,2171.7%
6
SATYENDRA PASWAN
3920.5%
7
NAGESHWAR
IND
1890.3%

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 (39th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.1% · min 0.2% · max 70.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
39th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
59th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 32.1%INC 31.9%BSP 23.9%GGP 9.6%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,131
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,758 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population37.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Other 9.8%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.5%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.9%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance44.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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