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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 195 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Jabalpur East

Winner — 1998

ANCHAL SONKAR
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 36.4%INC 34.0%9 others 29.5%
Votes
24,366
36.4% share
Winning margin
1,580
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
54.0%
of 1,23,826

A closely fought contest. ANCHAL SONKAR won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANCHAL SONKAR
BJP (NDA)
24,36636.4%
2
RAMESH
INC
22,78634.0%
3
SONI MASTER
14,39221.5%
4
C.L.BANSKAR
BSP
4,6036.9%
5
ADV RAJARAM CHOUDHARI ALAS RAJAJABALPURI
2460.4%
6
KAILASH SONKAR ADVOCATE
IND
1300.2%
7
ARVIND PAIGWAR
1270.2%
8
KAMTA BANSKAR
IND
1070.2%
9
RAKESH KUMAR SONKAR
IND
850.1%
10
JAIRAJ (RAJBHAI)
RDNBP
470.1%
11
SHARDA PRASAD
IND
340.1%

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.

Average turnout (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.1% · max 58.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
105th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
37th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.4%INC 34.0%JD 21.5%BSP 6.9%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,25,048
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,600 km²
SC population1.7%
ST population87.0%

What faith is practised here?

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

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity60.4%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Children underweight (under 5)41.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate37.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kadaknath Chicken

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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