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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 208 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Gotegaon

Winner — 1998

SHEKHAR CHAUDHARY
INC· INC
INC 50.2%BJP 40.3%5 others 9.5%
Votes
41,499
50.2% share
Winning margin
8,146
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
62.5%
of 1,32,419

A clear win with a 9.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEKHAR CHAUDHARY
INC
41,49950.2%
2
BAINI PRASAD
NDA
33,35340.3%
3
KAMLA
4,4315.4%
4
BEERENDRA
1,4531.8%
5
BALARAM AHIRWAR
IND
9181.1%
6
GULAB SINGH
IND
5390.7%
7
LAXMIBAI
IND
5030.6%

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.

Low turnout (206th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.9% · min 0.5% · max 20.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
206th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
192nd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.2%BJP 40.3%GGP 5.4%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,76,697
Density
841 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,898 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population6.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.3%Muslim 12.7%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.3%
Electricity96.5%
Sanitation78.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.5%
Children fully vaccinated84.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)24.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Women literate80.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Clean cooking fuel86.9%
Health insurance40.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Potato

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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