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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 91 · 1972Reserved (ST)
Tanakhar
Winner — 1972
LAL KIRTIKUMAR SINGH
IND
IND 20.2%INC 19.4%6 others 60.4%
Votes
5,442
20.2% share
Winning margin
212
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.2%
of 65,467
Tanakhar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 212 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAL KIRTIKUMAR SINGH | IND | 5,442 | 20.2% |
| 2 | YAGAYESENI DEVI | Congress (R) | 5,230 | 19.4% |
| 3 | VISH L SINGH | IND | 5,035 | 18.7% |
| 4 | RAMSARAN SINGH | IND | 3,765 | 14.0% |
| 5 | JAGATPAL | IND | 3,089 | 11.5% |
| 6 | CHANDRASHEKHAR SINGH | Grand Alliance | 1,886 | 7.0% |
| 7 | JAGANNATH SINGH | 1,423 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | BRIJLAL SINGH | IND | 1,081 | 4.0% |
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 (128th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.8% · max 49.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
128th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
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26th of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 20.2%INC 19.4%IND 18.7%IND 14.0%IND 11.5%BJS 7.0%OTH 9.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,92,042
Density
261 / km²
Sex ratio
952 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,950 km²
SC population12.1%
ST population24.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.0%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water17.3%
Electricity59.7%
Sanitation19.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinated86.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.7%
Women literate67.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.5%
Health insurance18.1%
What's nearby?
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