Back to Madhya Pradesh 1998 map
Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1998

Beohari

1951195719621967197219771980198519901993199820032008201320182023

Winner — 1998

LAVKESH SINGH
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 28.5%BSP 27.4%10 others 44.1%
Votes
24,317
28.5% share
Winning margin
934
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
60.1%
of 1,41,951

Beohari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 934 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1993 vs 1998

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAVKESH SINGH
BJP
BJP (NDA)
24,31728.5%
2
SHATRUUGHAN PATEL
BSP
BSP
23,38327.4%
3
RAMKISHORE SHUKLA
INC
INC
19,02422.3%
4
RAM SUMIRAN SINGH
GGP
4,4675.2%
5
ARUNODAYANAND
IND
3,7584.4%
6
BRAJESHPRASAD GUPTA
JD
3,4684.1%
7
NANDKUMAR PANDEY
SVSP
2,7333.2%
8
RAGHEVENDRA ALIAS HIRA SINGH
IND
1,9212.3%
9
JAGANNATH MISHRA
IND
8431.0%
10
SANTDAS
SP
8321.0%
11
USAMAN
IND
3690.4%
12
KURMVANSHI SUDARSHAN PRASAD
IND
1670.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (186th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 1.1% · max 53.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
186th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
12th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 28.5%BSP 27.4%INC 22.3%GGP 5.2%OTH 16.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,27,033
Density
232 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,851 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population27.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.6%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity42.9%
Sanitation7.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.8%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Women literate64.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.0%
Clean cooking fuel20.9%
Health insurance26.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet (Panja Dari)

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25
ID: MP-79·View all Madhya Pradesh 1998 seats →