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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 153 · 1990Reserved (ST)

Chitrakote

Winner — 1990

DHANI RAM PUJARI
BJP· BJP
BJP 47.7%INC 25.1%7 others 27.1%
Votes
9,605
47.7% share
Winning margin
4,546
22.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
26.6%
of 75,703

Chitrakote is a safe seat — DHANI RAM PUJARI won by 22.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANI RAM PUJARI
BJP
9,60547.7%
2
AKTURAM NAG
INC
5,05925.1%
3
BOMDA RAM KOWASI
Left
2,77313.8%
4
RAMA KONDA
IND
1,0085.0%
5
LAKHAN SINGH
ICS(SCS)
6533.2%
6
LACHCHU RAM KASHYAP
IND
3151.6%
7
SANGRAM SINGH MAURYA
National Front
2701.3%
8
BAL SINGH DHRUW
IND
2291.1%
9
SANNU RAM
IND
2141.1%

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 (225th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.1% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
225th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
145th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.7%INC 25.1%CPI 13.8%IND 5.0%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,71,061
Density
855 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,772 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population2.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Muslim 22.2%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water59.6%
Electricity92.9%
Sanitation72.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.9%
Children underweight (under 5)29.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.5%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.3%
Clean cooking fuel83.6%
Health insurance50.7%

What's nearby?

4 locations
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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