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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 9 · 2017 by-elections

Ater

Winner — 2017 by-elections

Hemant Katare
INC 48.1%BJP 47.4%19 others 4.5%
Votes
59,228
48.1% share
Winning margin
857
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
21

Ater was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 857 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Hemant Katare
59,22848.1%
2
Arvind Singh Bhadoria
58,37147.4%
3
Puran Singh Nagar(Fauji)
INDEPENDENT
1,0290.8%
4
Mithlesh Chaubey
INDEPENDENT
8320.7%
5
Angad Singh Kushwah
BMP
7050.6%
6
Dr. Ramkumar Tripathi(Seethi)
INDEPENDENT
5440.4%
7
Pushpa Bhadoria
INDEPENDENT
5180.4%
8
Dinesh Singh Bhadoria
3840.3%
9
Om Prakash Dubey
INDEPENDENT
1880.1%
10
Chatur Singh Narwaria
INDEPENDENT
1800.1%
11
Kaushlendra Singh
INDEPENDENT
1790.1%
12
Kalle Singh
INDEPENDENT
1420.1%
13
Umesh Garg(Jatav)
INDEPENDENT
1150.1%
14
Keshav Singh Narwaria
INDEPENDENT
1120.1%
15
Om Prakash
INDEPENDENT
1000.1%
16
Arvind Singh Bhadoria
INDEPENDENT
880.1%
17
Vinod Kumar
INDEPENDENT
780.1%
18
Haribhan Singh Bhadoria
INDEPENDENT
780.1%
19
Anil Goyal
INDEPENDENT
760.1%
20
Harendra Singh Bhadoria
INDEPENDENT
760.1%
21
Abhilakh Singh Yadav (Fauji)
INDEPENDENT
700.1%

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 (221st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.8% · max 31.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
221st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
230th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.1%BJP 47.4%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,03,005
Density
382 / km²
Sex ratio
837 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,459 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.2%
Electricity36.1%
Sanitation23.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.5%
Children fully vaccinated70.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.9%
Women literate70.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.0%
Health insurance31.0%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Brick Temple (Two)

🏛️MonumentASI

Brick Temple (Two)

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Brick Temples (two)

🏛️MonumentASI

Brick Temples (two)

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Fort, Ater

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

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Open air Museum

🏛️MonumentASI

Open air Museum

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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