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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1998

Ratangarh

Winner — 1998

JAIDEV PRASAD INDORIA
INC· INC
INC 47.7%BJP 47.3%7 others 4.9%
Votes
42,373
47.7% share
Winning margin
377
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
68.1%
of 1,30,347

Ratangarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 377 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAIDEV PRASAD INDORIA
INC
42,37347.7%
2
HARI SHANKAR BHABHRA
NDA
41,99647.3%
3
POONAM CHAND RAJPUROHIT
ABJS
1,9302.2%
4
MADAN SINGH (LOONCHH)
IND
1,1181.3%
5
BHAIRA RAM
7130.8%
6
RAJENDRA DILDHANIA
BSP
3840.4%
7
MANGAL CHAND
SLP(L)
1400.2%
8
BHAWANI SANKAR JOSHI
IND
580.1%
9
SHAYAM LAL
IND
460.1%

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.

Average turnout (97th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.4% · max 57.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
97th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.32
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
108th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
200 seats · 101 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.7%BJP 47.3%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,63,937
Density
78 / km²
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
30,239 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 10.0%Other 2.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water59.7%
Electricity58.7%
Sanitation51.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.0%
Children fully vaccinated75.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Children underweight (under 5)28.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.3%
Clean cooking fuel51.4%
Health insurance87.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bikaneri Namkeen

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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