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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 215 · 2008Reserved (SC)

Ghatiya

Winner — 2008

RAMLAL MALVIYA
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 41.4%BJP 39.5%7 others 19.1%
Votes
45,349
41.4% share
Winning margin
2,111
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
72.6%
of 1,50,753

Ghatiya was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 2,111 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMLAL MALVIYA
INC (UPA)
45,34941.4%
2
DR. PRABHULAL JATWA
NDA
43,23839.5%
3
MAHESH PARMAR
IND
8,1637.5%
4
BAHADURSINGH BAGRI
BJSH
4,5334.1%
5
SITARAM RAROTIYA ADVOCATE
BSP
2,3282.1%
6
SHOBHARAM PARMAR
IND
2,2522.1%
7
MANGILAL PARMAR
IND
1,4931.4%
8
BABRU ALIAS BALUSINGH JOGCHAND
Samajwadi Party
1,1971.1%
9
ANOKHILAL MALVIYA
NDA
9000.8%

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

Average turnout (70th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.3% · max 48.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
70th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
135th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
165th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.4%BJP 39.5%IND 7.5%OTH 11.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,86,864
Density
326 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,091 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 11.7%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.7%
Electricity84.2%
Sanitation43.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated93.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.5%
Women literate64.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Clean cooking fuel60.7%
Health insurance35.7%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Batik printGI
Ancient Mound (Kumbhar Tekri)

Ancient Mound (Kumbhar Tekri)

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Mound (Kumbhar Tekri)

Ancient Mound (Vaishya Tekri)

Ancient Mound (Vaishya Tekri)

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Mound (Vaishya Tekri)

Ancient Mound, Bhairogarh

Ancient Mound, Bhairogarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Mound

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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