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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1998

Chitrakoot

Winner — 1998

PREM SINGH
INC· INC
INC 52.5%BJP 19.5%8 others 28.0%
Votes
44,404
52.5% share
Winning margin
27,924
33.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
61.9%
of 1,36,591

Chitrakoot is a safe seat — PREM SINGH won by 33.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PREM SINGH
INC
44,40452.5%
2
RAMDAS MISHRA
NDA
16,48019.5%
3
GANESH WARI
BSP
14,29116.9%
4
NARENDRA SINGH
3,4214.0%
5
MURARILAL BANSAL
AJBP
2,7593.3%
6
B.L.YADAV NIRALA
IND
1,0481.2%
7
BADRI PATEL
SJP(R)
7870.9%
8
SUNDERLAL PRAJAPATI
AD
7560.9%
9
ANRUDDHA GAUTAM
IND
4340.5%
10
JAGDISH PRASAD KUSHWAHA
IND
1400.2%

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.

Low turnout (192nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
33.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 1.2% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
192nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.89
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
179th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.5%BJP 19.5%BSP 16.9%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

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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