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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 61 · 2017 by-elections

Chitrakoot

Winner — 2017 by-elections

Neelanshu Chaturvedi
INC 52.9%BJP 41.7%10 others 5.3%
Votes
66,810
52.9% share
Winning margin
14,133
11.2% of votes
Total candidates
12

A clear win with a 11.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Neelanshu Chaturvedi
66,81052.9%
2
Sankar Dayal Tripathi
52,67741.7%
3
Shivwaran Ji
IND
1,1600.9%
4
Ritesh Pripathi
IND
1,1370.9%
5
Mahesh Sahu
ABHM
1,0480.8%
6
Devman Singh
IND
1,0100.8%
7
Prabhat Kumari Singh
IND
8370.7%
8
Ainadh Vihari Mishra
IND
3960.3%
9
Dinesh Kushwaha
IND
3680.3%
10
Radha
IND
3180.3%
11
Raza Hussain
IND
2330.2%
12
Mahedra Kumar Mishra
IND
2090.2%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (185th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.8% · max 32.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
185th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.43
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
154th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.9%BJP 41.7%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tomato
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Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Two inscriptions, one dated 1520, the other undated on a large basalt rock close to the bank of the Paisuni river,

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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