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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 222 · 2018

Jaora

Winner — 2018

RAJENDRA PANDEY RAJU BHAIYA
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 36.5%INC 36.2%8 others 27.3%
Votes
64,503
36.5% share
Winning margin
511
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
84.3%
of 2,09,758

Jaora was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 511 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA PANDEY RAJU BHAIYA
BJP (NDA)
64,50336.5%
2
K.K. SING KALUKHEDA
INC
63,99236.2%
3
SHYAMBIHARI PATEL
IND
23,67213.4%
4
DR. HAMIRSINGH RATHORE
IND
16,5939.4%
5
RAGHUNATH PARIHAR FOUJJI
BASD
3,4361.9%
NOTA
NOTA
1,5100.8%
7
JAKIR HUSSEIN
1,2410.7%
8
BHANWAR SINGH JHALA
BSP
8800.5%
9
PRAKASH SOLANKI
5620.3%
10
BASANTILAL GAYARI
AINHCP
3890.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (21st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.3% · max 34.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
21st of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
197th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
230 seats · 116 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.5%INC 36.2%IND 13.4%IND 9.4%OTH 3.7%NOTA 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,55,069
Density
299 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,861 km²
SC population13.7%
ST population28.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 10.4%Other 2.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.6%
Electricity72.9%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated93.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel53.1%
Health insurance37.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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