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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Dimni

Winner — 1998

MUNSHILAL
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 41.7%INC 40.3%5 others 18.0%
Votes
28,348
41.7% share
Winning margin
997
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
50.3%
of 1,35,056

Dimni was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 997 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUNSHILAL
BJP (NDA)
28,34841.7%
2
MASTER HARISINGH SAKHWAR
INC
27,35140.3%
3
SHYAMLAL KORI
BSP
8,75212.9%
4
RAMJILAL
2,3633.5%
5
MUNNALAL
IND
4130.6%
6
NATHILAL
3710.6%
7
RAMSWAROP JATAV
3320.5%

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 (199th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.3% · max 36.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
199th of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
206th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
320 seats · 161 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.7%INC 40.3%BSP 12.9%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,65,970
Density
394 / km²
Sex ratio
840 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,989 km²
SC population21.4%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.3%
Electricity36.3%
Sanitation20.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated69.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)29.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.5%
Women literate65.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.8%
Clean cooking fuel32.6%
Health insurance36.3%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oil - Mustard
Kakanmath Temple

Kakanmath Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Kakanmath 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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