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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1977

Chitrakoot

Winner — 1977

RAMANAND SINGH
JNP· Janata
JNP 50.7%INC 35.0%4 others 14.3%
Votes
19,545
50.7% share
Winning margin
6,052
15.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.2%
of 72,496

Chitrakoot is a safe seat — RAMANAND SINGH won by 15.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMANAND SINGH
Janata
19,54550.7%
2
KRISHNA PRASAD SHARMA
INC
13,49335.0%
3
DEVI DEEN
Left
2,3736.2%
4
CHOUBE TEJBHAN SINGH
IND
1,2473.2%
5
RAGHVENDRA PRATAP SINGH
IND
1,0642.8%
6
JAGDISH PRASAD SHARMA
IND
8352.2%

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.

Low turnout (192nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 1.2% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
192nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.89
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
179th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 50.7%INC 35.0%CPI 6.2%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,28,935
Density
297 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,502 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population14.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.7%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation29.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.5%
Children fully vaccinated76.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)31.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate69.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.9%
Clean cooking fuel35.2%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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