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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 221 · 1998

Pandhurna

Winner — 1998

SURESH ZALKE
INC· INC
INC 46.3%BJP 35.9%8 others 17.7%
Votes
30,701
46.3% share
Winning margin
6,887
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
59.0%
of 1,12,356

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURESH ZALKE
INC
30,70146.3%
2
MAROT RAO KHAWSE
NDA
23,81435.9%
3
KISAN LAL ADMACHI
IND
5,4998.3%
4
PRAMOD VITHOBA BHANGE
BSP
4,6697.0%
5
J. L. PADMAKAR ADVOCATE
IND
3920.6%
6
G. S. RAUT
3390.5%
7
BHAGWAN SHA IVNATI
IND
3390.5%
8
BALWANT SINGH EVNATI
IND
3110.5%
9
PRASHANT PADMAKAR ASHTIKAR
1180.2%
10
PRABHAKAR RAMJI UIKEY
IND
940.1%

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 (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.4% · max 36.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
1st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
43rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.3%BJP 35.9%IND 8.3%BSP 7.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,55,069
Density
299 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,861 km²
SC population13.7%
ST population28.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 10.4%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.6%
Electricity72.9%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated93.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel53.1%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ratlami Namkeen

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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