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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 2018

Deotalab

Winner — 2018

GIRISH GAUTAM
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 33.2%BSP 32.4%22 others 34.3%
Votes
45,043
33.2% share
Winning margin
1,080
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
62.6%
of 2,16,414

Deotalab was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 1,080 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 23 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.39 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

24 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GIRISH GAUTAM
BJP (NDA)
45,04333.2%
2
SEEMA JAIVEER SINGH SENGAR
BSP
43,96332.4%
3
ADV. VIDYA WATI PATEL
INC
30,38322.4%
4
RAMYAGYA SONDHIYA (AD.)
Samajwadi Party
2,2131.6%
5
AKHILESH SAKET
IND
2,2101.6%
6
ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
IND
1,7961.3%
7
ABHISHEK MASTER BUDDHSEN PATEL
IND
1,7591.3%
8
ASHA TIWARI
IND
8440.6%
9
PARMASHWAR PRASAD DUBAY
IND
7750.6%
10
RAKESH SINGH TIWARI (BABLU)
SPKP
7080.5%
11
ANGAD YADAV
7050.5%
NOTA
NOTA
6230.5%
13
RAJPRAKASH MISHRA PANNIHA
BSCP
5730.4%
14
MAMTA PATEL
ADAL
5630.4%
15
RAMESHWAR PRASAD GUPTA
JANADIP
5530.4%
16
GAURI SHANKAR SAKET
IND
4610.3%
17
RAJESH KUMAR NAPIT
JC
3570.3%
18
MOTILAL SAKET
IND
3520.3%
19
PANKAJ TIWARI
IND
3520.3%
20
NIRUPAMA PUSHPENDRA PATEL
PPID
3480.3%
21
GIRISH GAUTAM
ABHKP
3090.2%
22
RAM KUSHAL PATEL
PHSP(U)
2820.2%
23
PRADEEP SINGH
IND
2060.1%
24
BANSHROOP PRASAD PATEL
IND
1900.1%

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

Low turnout (222nd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.3% · min 0.3% · max 28.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
222nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.59
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
146th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 33.2%BSP 32.4%INC 22.4%OTH 11.5%NOTA 0.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/23

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.39 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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