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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1998

Maihar

Winner — 1998

VRINDAVAN BADGAINYA
INC· INC
INC 23.6%BJP 22.4%10 others 54.0%
Votes
21,793
23.6% share
Winning margin
1,170
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
61.0%
of 1,51,316

Maihar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,170 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VRINDAVAN BADGAINYA
INC
21,79323.6%
2
MOTILAL TIWARI
NDA
20,62322.4%
3
VEERENDRA KUSHWAHA
BSP
19,41121.0%
4
NARAYAN SINGH JOODEO
11,38212.3%
5
HANUMAN PATEL
IND
8,1468.8%
6
AHIBARAN SINGH
IND
6,3056.8%
7
HARIDEEN SAHU
IND
1,5031.6%
8
RAVEENDRA KUMAR PATEL
IND
1,0501.1%
9
BHURELAL PATEL
IND
7880.8%
10
SUKHENDRA SINGH PATEL
AD
7450.8%
11
GULPHAM KHAN
IND
3170.3%
12
VEERENDRA
1900.2%

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.

Average turnout (182nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.3% · min 0.7% · max 31.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
182nd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
55th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.6%BJP 22.4%BSP 21.0%JD 12.3%IND 8.8%IND 6.8%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,16,520
Density
142 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,135 km²
SC population20.5%
ST population16.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.7%
Electricity32.6%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.0%
Children fully vaccinated64.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.0%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Clean cooking fuel22.1%
Health insurance12.6%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gooseberry
Chaumukh Nath Temple

Chaumukh Nath Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Chaumukh Nath Temple

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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