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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 55 · 2008

Damoh

Winner — 2008

JAYANT MALAIYA
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 42.1%INC 42.0%13 others 15.9%
Votes
50,481
42.1% share
Winning margin
130
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
68.4%
of 1,75,241

Damoh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 130 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.08 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAYANT MALAIYA
BJP (NDA)
50,48142.1%
2
CHANDBHAN BHAIYA
UPA
50,35142.0%
3
ER. R.C. PATEL
BSP
8,4717.1%
4
SATYENDRA AGRAWAL
IND
1,5411.3%
5
LOKESH SEN
IND
1,2701.1%
6
CHANDRABHAN SINGH
Samajwadi Party
1,2461.0%
7
T.L. PRAJAPATI
IND
1,2311.0%
8
JOOJAR ALI
1,2041.0%
9
KANNU
IND
8880.7%
10
SIYASHARAN ALIAS SHARAN PATEL
BJSH
8270.7%
11
PANKAJ JAIN
IND
7370.6%
12
MAKUNDI RAM
RSMD
7290.6%
13
CHANDRABHAN
IND
3600.3%
14
ISHWAR CHAND
GMS
3430.3%
15
SURENDRA VISHWAKARMA
NDA
2590.2%

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

Average turnout (144th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.1% · max 77.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
144th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
151st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
219th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 42.1%INC 42.0%BSP 7.1%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.08 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,64,219
Density
173 / km²
Sex ratio
910 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,306 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population13.2%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Other 6.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.6%
Electricity62.3%
Sanitation14.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.0%
Children fully vaccinated60.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Children underweight (under 5)32.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Women literate61.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.6%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance21.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gram
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Rajnagar Fort Rajnagar Fort Rajnagar Fort

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Sculptures at Phutera tank

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Sculptures at Phutera tank

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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