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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 108 · 1972

Abhanpur

Winner — 1972

CHETRAM PARSHOTTAM
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 31.3%INC 30.6%12 others 38.1%
Votes
12,981
31.3% share
Winning margin
271
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
54.7%
of 75,855

Abhanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 271 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHETRAM PARSHOTTAM
Grand Alliance
12,98131.3%
2
LAKHANLAL GUPTA
Congress (R)
12,71030.6%
3
NARSING ASHKARAN
IND
5,46913.2%
4
RAMASHANKAR NANDLAL DHAR
IND
4,25210.2%
5
MAHENDRA PRATAP
IND
9642.3%
6
SUKHRU PRASAD
IND
9442.3%
7
RUPDHAR GANESHDHAR
IND
8111.9%
8
NATHELU JHANGLU
IND
7901.9%
9
TUKARAM BHUVANLAL
IND
7581.8%
10
VINDESH DUTT VINDESHWARI
IND
6881.7%
11
KRISHNA KUMAR
IND
4721.1%
12
PREMLAL GUKUL PRASAD
IND
3360.8%
13
CHARNLAL SAHU
IND
1760.4%
14
BHATPAHARI
IND
1730.4%

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 (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.3% · max 56.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
25th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
23rd of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 31.3%INC 30.6%IND 13.2%IND 10.2%OTH 14.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,01,698
Density
184 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,229 km²
SC population7.4%
ST population22.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Other 10.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.7%
Electricity70.5%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.1%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Children underweight (under 5)44.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.6%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.4%
Clean cooking fuel31.1%
Health insurance68.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chinnaur Rice
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An old temple at Piparwara forest village

🏛️MonumentASI

An old temple at Piparwara forest village

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Fort, Garhi

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

Temples, Baihar

Temples, Baihar

🏛️MonumentASI

Temples

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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