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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 118 · 2008Reserved (SC)

Gotegaon

Winner — 2008

NARMADA PRASAD PRAJAPATI
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 44.9%BJP 26.2%8 others 28.8%
Votes
53,664
44.9% share
Winning margin
22,320
18.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
78.1%
of 1,52,929

Gotegaon is a safe seat — NARMADA PRASAD PRAJAPATI won by 18.7%.

Seat history

2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.04 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARMADA PRASAD PRAJAPATI
INC (UPA)
53,66444.9%
2
SHEKHAR CHOUDARY
NDA
31,34426.3%
3
HAKAM SINGH CHADAR
BJSH
10,6938.9%
4
DHIRENDRA SINGH DHIRU
7,9786.7%
5
HARISHANKAR KASTWAR
BSP
7,7346.5%
6
HAKAM SINGH
IND
3,9053.3%
7
SURESH NAGESH
IND
1,6451.4%
8
JAGDHISHPRASAD AHIRWAR
GMS
9330.8%
9
HARIGOVIND MEHRA
Samajwadi Party
8330.7%
10
SANJAY KUMAR JHARIYA
RSMD
6930.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (54th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 0.2% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
54th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
35th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.9%BJP 26.3%BJSH 8.9%GGP 6.7%BSP 6.5%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.04 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,91,854
Density
213 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,133 km²
SC population16.9%
ST population13.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.1%Other 4.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.2%
Electricity69.5%
Sanitation35.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.4%
Children fully vaccinated82.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.9%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.7%
Health insurance49.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Toor Dal

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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