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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 144 · 1957
Balod
Winner — 1957
LESHOLAL GOMASTA
INC· INC
INC 59.9%PSP 40.1%
Votes
14,589
59.9% share
Winning margin
4,808
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
48.7%
of 49,998
Balod is a safe seat — LESHOLAL GOMASTA won by 19.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (131st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 1.3% · max 40.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
131st of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
147th of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.9%PSP 40.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,58,875
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,371 km²
SC population20.0%
ST population4.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 10.3%Other 1.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity61.0%
Sanitation24.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.6%
Children fully vaccinated78.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.5%
Women literate64.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.8%
Health insurance48.2%
What's nearby?
9 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Farm Equipment
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