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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 125 · 1956 by-elections

Ramtek

Winner — 1956 by-elections

W.M. LALENDRA
INC 79.9%IND 20.1%
Votes
10,090
79.9% share
Winning margin
7,550
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2

Ramtek was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 7,550 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
W.M. LALENDRA
10,0900.0%
2
W.W. JHOLBA
IND
2,5400.0%

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.

High turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.1% · min 2.6% · max 74.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
6th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
46th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,90,922
Density
177 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,815 km²
SC population11.1%
ST population36.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.0%Other 8.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water37.4%
Electricity78.7%
Sanitation25.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.7%
Women literate72.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance48.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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