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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Patharia

Winner — 1998

GANESH KHATIK
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 42.5%INC 42.2%7 others 15.2%
Votes
29,366
42.5% share
Winning margin
213
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.4%
of 1,26,896

Patharia was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 213 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESH KHATIK
BJP (NDA)
29,36642.5%
2
RAMKISHORE ATHYA
INC
29,15342.2%
3
ASHARAM CHOUDHARY
BSP
8,42712.2%
4
RAM KISHAN @ (PAPPU) KHATIK
5550.8%
5
GANESH PRASAD PRAJAPATI
IND
5320.8%
6
CHETRAM
IND
4640.7%
7
NANHE BHAI
AD
2120.3%
8
RAJ KUMAR KACHHWAHA (SHERU BHAIYA)
2040.3%
9
LALCHAND KHARARE (BALMIKI)
IND
1180.2%

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 (119th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.3% · max 49.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
119th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
32nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
215th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 42.5%INC 42.2%BSP 12.2%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,64,219
Density
173 / km²
Sex ratio
910 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,306 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population13.2%
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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Other 6.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.6%
Electricity62.3%
Sanitation14.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.0%
Children fully vaccinated60.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Children underweight (under 5)32.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Women literate61.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.6%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance21.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gram
🏛️

Rangmahal Palace

🏛️MonumentASI

Rangmahal Palace

🏛️

Temple of Kanora Bari

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Kanora Bari

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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