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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 167 · 1998

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Winner — 1998

LOKENDRA YADAV
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 45.3%INC 40.5%7 others 14.2%
Votes
48,738
45.3% share
Winning margin
5,241
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
76.4%
of 1,40,636

A closely fought contest. LOKENDRA YADAV won with a 4.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LOKENDRA YADAV
BJP (NDA)
48,73845.3%
2
JALAM SINGH PATEL
INC
43,49740.5%
3
BHAGIRATHI
9,4158.8%
4
ANJOR SINGH THAKUR
CMM
3,0822.9%
5
RAVI KUMAR SHARMA
CSP
8870.8%
6
HIRAMAN
6960.7%
7
RAMJAN KHAN
6060.6%
8
RAMDAYAL
IND
2930.3%
9
SURESH KUMAR
IND
2710.3%

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 (28th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.0% · max 44.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
28th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
153rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.3%INC 40.5%GGP 8.8%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,12,681
Density
244 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,195 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.3%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation23.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.1%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.8%
Women literate58.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Clean cooking fuel37.7%
Health insurance34.3%

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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