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Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

RAJENDRA SINGH
PSP 45.7%INC 43.9%1 others 10.4%
Votes
75,994
45.7% share
Winning margin
2,948
1.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,66,322
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA SINGH
75,99445.7%
2
LEELA DEVI VERMA
73,04643.9%
3
P. N. SINGH
IND
17,28210.4%

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 (22nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 1.8% · max 53.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
22nd of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.9%
lowerhigher
7th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 45.7%INC 43.9%IND 10.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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