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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 221 · 1962

New Bhopal

Winner — 1962

LOKUMAL
INC· INC
INC 36.2%CPI 18.7%4 others 45.1%
Votes
11,890
36.3% share
Winning margin
5,765
17.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
46.1%
of 71,082

New Bhopal is a safe seat — LOKUMAL won by 17.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LOKUMAL
INC
11,89036.3%
2
BALKRISHNA
Left
6,12518.7%
3
BHAGWAN DASS
6,11518.6%
4
SHEWAKRAM SOBHANI
4,89214.9%
5
RAM PRATAP
IND
3,34010.2%
6
YUSUF QURESHI
Praja Socialist Party
4391.3%

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

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 (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.4% · max 36.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
1st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
43rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
288 seats · 145 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.3%CPI 18.7%HMS 18.6%BJS 14.9%IND 10.2%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,55,069
Density
299 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,861 km²
SC population13.7%
ST population28.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 10.4%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.6%
Electricity72.9%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated93.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel53.1%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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