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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 42 · 2008

Banda

Winner — 2008

NARYAN PRAJAPATI
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 28.5%BJP 26.8%12 others 44.6%
Votes
32,348
28.5% share
Winning margin
1,925
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
67.4%
of 1,68,217

Banda was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,925 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.04 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARYAN PRAJAPATI
INC (UPA)
32,34828.5%
2
RAM RAKSHPAL SINGH RAM BHAIYA
NDA
30,42326.8%
3
AHEER SUDHIR LAXMINARAYAN
BJSH
22,61519.9%
4
GULABCHAND GOLAN
BSP
17,58115.5%
5
VAIBHAV JAIN
IND
2,5012.2%
6
NARAYAN SINGH LODHI
IND
1,4361.3%
7
RAMGOPAL
IND
1,1091.0%
8
INDRA JEET SINGH
IND
1,0590.9%
9
JASRATH YADAV
Samajwadi Party
1,0080.9%
10
REETESH ALIAS HITESH
IND
8610.8%
11
DALU SINGH
IND
6960.6%
12
MON SINGH ADIVASI
GMS
6950.6%
13
GEETA MARSKOLE
IND
6450.6%
14
LOKMANYA SINGH LODHI
3690.3%

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

Average turnout (129th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 1.7% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
129th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
156th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.5%BJP 26.8%BJSH 19.9%BSP 15.5%OTH 9.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/14

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.04 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,78,458
Density
232 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,252 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population9.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.4%Other 7.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.3%
Electricity72.0%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate69.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.7%
Health insurance27.5%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Farm Equipment
🏛️

Fort, Dhamoni

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

🏛️

Tomb and mosque of Baljati Shah

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb and mosque of Baljati Shah

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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