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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1977
Damoh
Winner — 1977
PRABHU NARAIN TANDON
INC· INC
INC 43.3%JNP 41.7%6 others 14.9%
Votes
18,759
43.4% share
Winning margin
696
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
55.6%
of 77,757
Damoh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 696 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRABHU NARAIN TANDON | INC | 18,759 | 43.4% |
| 2 | SANTOSH BHARATI | Janata | 18,063 | 41.7% |
| 3 | KRISHNA ANAND | IND | 3,720 | 8.6% |
| 4 | BHAGWANDAS BANSHIDHAR | IND | 866 | 2.0% |
| 5 | SHYAMLAL CHOUBEY | Left | 850 | 2.0% |
| 6 | KESHVRAM PATEL | IND | 661 | 1.5% |
| 7 | PRATAP SINGH PRAHLAD SINGH | IND | 262 | 0.6% |
| 8 | PURUSHOTTAM LAL CHODHARY | IND | 94 | 0.2% |
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 (167th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 58.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
167th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
173rd of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.4%JNP 41.7%IND 8.6%OTH 6.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,62,375
Density
203 / km²
Sex ratio
883 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,687 km²
SC population23.0%
ST population4.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.2%Other 4.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity47.5%
Sanitation15.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.2%
Children fully vaccinated72.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Children underweight (under 5)34.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.5%
Women literate60.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.1%
Health insurance17.1%
What's nearby?
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