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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 195 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Jabalpur East

Winner — 1977

KAILASH SURAJBALEE SONKAR
JNP· Janata
JNP 42.5%INC 41.4%9 others 16.1%
Votes
14,957
42.5% share
Winning margin
391
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
42.7%
of 82,450

Jabalpur East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 391 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAILASH SURAJBALEE SONKAR
Janata
14,95742.5%
2
RAMPRASAD CHAUDHARY
INC
14,56641.4%
3
PREMLAL
IND
2,1706.2%
4
MANGAL PRASAD PARAG
IND
1,0342.9%
5
BAIJNATH
IND
6641.9%
6
M.D. GHOTE
IND
6101.7%
7
TEKCHAND
IND
4111.2%
8
LALTAPRASAD SONKAR
IND
3220.9%
9
SUNDER LAL
IND
2060.6%
10
VISHNU KUMAR
IND
1740.5%
11
KAILASH KASHIRAM SONKAR
IND
950.3%

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.

Average turnout (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.1% · max 58.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
105th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
37th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 42.5%INC 41.4%IND 6.2%OTH 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,25,048
Density
285 / km²
Sex ratio
990 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,600 km²
SC population1.7%
ST population87.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Other 6.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity60.4%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Children underweight (under 5)41.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate37.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.5%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance43.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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