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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 29 · 1951

Mahasamund

Winner — 1951

AJODHYA PRASAD
INC 46.4%KMPP 10.9%7 others 42.7%
Votes
7,041
46.4% share
Winning margin
5,395
35.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
30.9%
of 49,056

Mahasamund is a safe seat — AJODHYA PRASAD won by 35.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJODHYA PRASAD
7,04146.4%
2
KUMARI CHINTAMANI PODDAR
KMPP
1,64610.8%
3
BHUSHANLAL
1,3248.7%
4
RAMSINGH
1,0847.2%
5
KRISHNARAO
1,0406.9%
6
SOBHARAM
1,0356.8%
7
CHHOTELAL
IND
9746.4%
8
PRABHURAM
IND
7605.0%
9
BHEKLAL
IND
2651.8%

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 (172nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.5% · min 1.4% · max 63.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
172nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.91
fewer partiesmore parties
223rd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
83rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.4%KMPP 10.8%SP 8.7%BJS 7.2%CPI 6.9%SCF 6.8%OTH 13.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,41,519
Density
194 / km²
Sex ratio
912 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,390 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population15.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Other 5.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.1%
Electricity59.7%
Sanitation19.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.0%
Children fully vaccinated78.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel34.5%
Health insurance43.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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