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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 128 · 1998

Abhanpur

Winner — 1998

DHANENDRA SAHU
INC· INC
INC 49.5%BJP 40.2%7 others 10.4%
Votes
42,977
49.5% share
Winning margin
8,084
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
71.3%
of 1,21,783

A clear win with a 9.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANENDRA SAHU
INC
42,97749.5%
2
ASHOK BAJAJ
NDA
34,89340.2%
3
B. R. YADAV
BSP
3,4644.0%
4
RATIRAM SAHU
IND
3,0953.6%
5
M. KOSHY PHILIP
IND
1,2811.5%
6
RAKESH TIWARI
4590.5%
7
MAHAVIR
IND
3020.3%
8
PADMANI SINGH PARMAR
CSP
2690.3%
9
NAVIN MALEWAR
IND
1250.1%

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.

High turnout (16th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.0% · max 57.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
16th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
22nd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.5%BJP 40.2%OTH 10.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,90,922
Density
177 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,815 km²
SC population11.1%
ST population36.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.0%Other 8.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water37.4%
Electricity78.7%
Sanitation25.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.7%
Women literate72.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance48.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Gond Fort

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Gond Fort

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