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Jharkhand · PC 9 · 2007 by-election

Jamshedpur

Winner — 2007 by-election

Suman Mahato (E)
JMM 45.7%BJP 36.5%10 others 17.8%
Votes
2,93,003
45.7% share
Winning margin
58,814
9.2% of votes
Total votes cast
6,41,038
Candidates
12
Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Suman Mahato (E)
2,93,00345.7%
2
Dinesh Ku Sharangi
2,34,18936.5%
3
Bikas Mukharjee
JVM(P)
37,4435.8%
4
Salkhan Murmu
29,9794.7%
5
Lakhan Chandra Mardi
IND
10,7601.7%
6
Aaftaw Ahmad Siddiqui
10,3031.6%
7
Rakesh Kumar
ABMSD
9,9301.6%
8
Gadadhar Singh
IND
3,8650.6%
9
Mahindra Mohan Sahoo Urf Mahendra Sahoo
IND
3,3950.5%
10
B.P.Singh
2,9410.5%
11
Sushil Kumar Mahato
AB
2,8160.4%
12
Mubin Khan
NLP
2,4140.4%

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 (6th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 9.5% · max 26.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
6th of 14

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 14

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
8th of 14

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 45.7%BJP 36.5%JVM(P) 5.8%OTH 11.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,93,919
Density
644 / km²
Sex ratio
949 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,562 km²
SC population4.9%
ST population28.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

Figures are for Purbi Singhbhum, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.6%Other 20.3%Muslim 8.9%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water30.0%
Electricity81.4%
Sanitation49.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)41.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.4%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.8%
Clean cooking fuel57.6%
Health insurance50.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Paithkar Painting
🏛️

Site of an old fort, rampart

🏛️MonumentASI

Site of an old fort,

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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