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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1972

Pithora

Winner — 1972

THAMKUR BHANUPRATAP SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 38.0%SOP 22.6%7 others 39.3%
Votes
12,786
38.0% share
Winning margin
5,171
15.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
41.8%
of 80,497

Pithora is a safe seat — THAMKUR BHANUPRATAP SINGH won by 15.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
THAMKUR BHANUPRATAP SINGH
Congress (R)
12,78638.0%
2
JIWANLAL PALTOORAM
7,61522.6%
3
PURSHOTTAMLAL C. DAS
Grand Alliance
7,44622.1%
4
PANCHAM SINGH
IND
2,0786.2%
5
NARAYAN PRASAD
IND
1,1343.4%
6
KAPUR CHAND
IND
1,0193.0%
7
THAKUR SINGH SHIVSINGH
IND
7162.1%
8
SAMAROO BODHAN
IND
4281.3%
9
NARESHCHAND SAGARCHAND
IND
4011.2%

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.

Average turnout (48th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.6% · max 30.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
48th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
191st of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
57th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.0%SOP 22.6%BJS 22.1%IND 6.2%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,91,854
Density
213 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,133 km²
SC population16.9%
ST population13.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.1%Other 4.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.2%
Electricity69.5%
Sanitation35.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.4%
Children fully vaccinated82.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.9%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.7%
Health insurance49.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Toor Dal

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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