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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 206 · 1980

Bohani

Winner — 1980

VINAY SHANKAR SHANKERLAL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 50.9%BJP 29.5%4 others 19.6%
Votes
18,188
50.9% share
Winning margin
7,631
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
50.5%
of 70,763

Bohani is a safe seat — VINAY SHANKAR SHANKERLAL won by 21.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VINAY SHANKAR SHANKERLAL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,18850.9%
2
SUJAN SINGH JAINARAYAN SINGH
BJP
10,55729.5%
3
PURSHOTTAMLAL
Left
3,1428.8%
4
RAO NETRAJ SINGH RAO SARDAR SINGH
JNP(SC)
1,8185.1%
5
SUKRAM KALURAM
IND
1,4564.1%
6
RAMESH LAXMI PRASAD
IND
5811.6%

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 (187th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.4% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
187th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
211th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
126th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 50.9%BJP 29.5%CPI 8.8%JNP(SC) 5.1%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,76,697
Density
841 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,898 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population6.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.3%Muslim 12.7%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.3%
Electricity96.5%
Sanitation78.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.5%
Children fully vaccinated84.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)24.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.1%
Women literate80.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.7%
Clean cooking fuel86.9%
Health insurance40.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Potato

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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