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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1967

Gird

Winner — 1967

R.J. SINGH
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 33.1%INC 13.4%8 others 53.5%
Votes
8,890
33.1% share
Winning margin
5,282
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
45.0%
of 59,753

Gird is a safe seat — R.J. SINGH won by 19.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.J. SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8,89033.1%
2
K. KISHORE
INC
3,60813.4%
3
B. PRASAD
Left
3,12111.6%
4
A. SINGH
IND
3,11211.6%
5
S.S. GHURAIYA
Praja Socialist Party
2,3258.7%
6
K. PAL
IND
2,1658.1%
7
PRABHUDAYAL
IND
2,0037.5%
8
ROOPCHAND
6772.5%
9
R. LAL
IND
5322.0%
10
R. KDAYAL
IND
4311.6%

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.

Low turnout (219th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.1% · max 48.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
219th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
178th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
168th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 33.1%INC 13.4%CPI 11.6%IND 11.6%PSP 8.7%IND 8.1%OTH 13.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,32,036
Density
446 / km²
Sex ratio
864 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,560 km²
SC population19.3%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 7.0%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water44.3%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation59.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated80.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate76.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.8%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance40.6%

What's nearby?

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