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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1985
Dhamdha
Winner — 1985
JAGESHWAR SAHU
INC· INC
INC 51.6%CPI 14.5%10 others 33.9%
Votes
24,253
51.6% share
Winning margin
17,416
37.0% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
53.9%
of 87,297
Dhamdha is a safe seat — JAGESHWAR SAHU won by 37.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGESHWAR SAHU | INC | 24,253 | 51.6% |
| 2 | DUKHIT RAM SAHU | Left | 6,837 | 14.5% |
| 3 | PRADEEP CHOUBE | Janata | 6,115 | 13.0% |
| 4 | RAMSINGH KURRE | IND | 3,096 | 6.6% |
| 5 | HEMCHAND | BJP | 2,914 | 6.2% |
| 6 | JAGRAKHANLAL YADAV | Lok Dal | 2,100 | 4.5% |
| 7 | THAKUR GAUTAM SINGH | IND | 482 | 1.0% |
| 8 | ISHWARI PRASAD | IND | 402 | 0.9% |
| 9 | RAMJAGDISH DANI | IND | 264 | 0.6% |
| 10 | MOHANLAL JOSHI | IND | 207 | 0.4% |
| 11 | LOKESH KUMAR | IND | 206 | 0.4% |
| 12 | GYANCHAND | IND | 139 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (36th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean37.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 0.5% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
85%
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36th of 230How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
213th of 230How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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201st of 230Where does the house stand?
SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.6%CPI 14.5%JNP 13.0%IND 6.6%BJP 6.2%OTH 8.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,45,814
Density
251 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,153 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population3.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.0%
Electricity67.6%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated71.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.3%
Women literate52.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Clean cooking fuel24.8%
Health insurance27.1%
What's nearby?
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