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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 160 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Mehkar

Winner — 1951

ANANDRAO MAROTRAO PAWAR
Also elected — same seat
LAXMAN THAKUJI GAWAI
SKP· 19,415 votes
INC 21.1%SKP 20.8%6 others 58.1%
Votes
19,729
21.1% share
Winning margin
1,211
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
48.9%
of 95,385

Mehkar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,211 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANANDRAO MAROTRAO PAWAR
19,72921.1%
2
LAXMAN THAKUJI GAWAI
SKP
19,41520.8%
3
SHANKARRAO VITHALRAO DESHMUKH
SKP
18,51819.8%
4
TUKARAM NARAYAN SABLE
15,19816.3%
5
BALIRAM DOWAJI BORDE
9,0979.7%
6
TULSIRAM HEDU
IND
4,5934.9%
7
NIVRITTI ANANDRAO
IND
3,7774.0%
8
EKNATH RAMBHAJI
IND
3,0253.2%

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.

Average turnout (52nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.6% · min 1.3% · max 55.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
52nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
196th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 21.1%SKP 20.8%SKP 19.8%INC 16.3%SCF 9.7%OTH 12.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,45,814
Density
251 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,153 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population3.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.0%
Electricity67.6%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated71.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.3%
Women literate52.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Clean cooking fuel24.8%
Health insurance27.1%

What's nearby?

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