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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 114 · 1996 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Jarhagaon

Winner — 1996 by-elections

Churawan Mangeshkar
INC 40.3%BJP 40.2%4 others 19.5%
Votes
27,523
40.3% share
Winning margin
90
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
6

Jarhagaon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 90 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Churawan Mangeshkar
27,52340.3%
2
Chowadas Khandekar
27,43340.2%
3
Advocate T.R. Nirala
11,62217.0%
4
Nira Devi
6070.9%
5
Prem Kumar
IND
5280.8%
6
Kamlesh Lavhatre
AIIC(T)
5260.8%

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 (4th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.2% · max 52.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
4th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
79th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
10 seats · 6 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.3%BJP 40.2%BSP 17.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,131
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,758 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population37.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Other 9.8%Muslim 5.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity73.0%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.5%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.9%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance44.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cilantro
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Temple of Ashta

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Ashta

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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