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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 171

DewasAssembly by-election result, 2015

Gayatri Raje Puar (BJP) won Dewas in the 2015 assembly by-election with 59.9% of the vote, beating Jai Prakash Shastri (INC) by 30,805 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2008 election. In 2003, seat no. 171 was Tarana. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Gayatri Raje Puar
BJP
BJP 59.9%INC 39.2%2 others 0.9%
Votes
89,385
59.9% share
Winning margin
30,805
20.6% of votes
Candidates
4

A comfortable win — Gayatri Raje Puar won by 20.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Gayatri Raje Puar
BJP
BJP
89,38559.9%
2
Jai Prakash Shastri
INC
INC
58,58039.2%
3
Sunny Singh Kanwar
IPI
IPI
7600.5%
4
Haji Hatam Bhai(Darbar)
SP
SP
6350.4%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
20.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

BJP and INC took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.95

How did the vote split?

SEAT
59.9%won by BJP
BJP 59.9%INC 39.2%Others 0.9%

Dewas district · 15.6 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Bamboo.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,63,715
Density
223 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,020 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population17.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
  • Hindu88.0%
  • Muslim11.1%
  • Jain0.4%
  • Christian0.1%
  • Sikh0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Not stated0.1%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water21.3%
Electric lighting88.7%
Toilet at home37.0%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated87.1%
Children stunted (under 5)36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)51.3%
Women literate64.2%
Women married before 1828.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.0%
Health insurance35.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo

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Who has won Dewas, 2008–2023

  1. 2008TUKOJI RAO PUAR (BJP), margin 24.4%
  2. 2013TUKOJIRAO PUAR (BJP), margin 31.6%
  3. 2018GAYATRI RAJE PUAR (BJP), margin 14.9%
  4. 2023Gayatri Raje Puar (BJP), margin 12.7%