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Jharkhand · PC 4 · 2009

Chatra

Winner — Lok Sabha 2009

INDER SINGH NAMDHARI
IND· Independent
IND 22.9%INC 19.4%9 others 57.7%
Votes
1,08,336
22.9% share
Winning margin
16,178
3.4% of votes
Total votes cast
4,73,947
Candidates
11
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
INDER SINGH NAMDHARI
IND
Independent
1,08,33622.9%
2
DHIRAJ PRASAD SAHU
UPA
92,15819.4%
3
NAGMANI
UPA
68,76414.5%
4
KESHWAR YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
63,84613.5%
5
ARUN KUMAR YADAV
NDA
46,0889.7%
6
K.P. SHARMA
JVM
33,7187.1%
7
SUGAN MAHTO
16,4083.5%
8
DHIRENDRA AGRAWAL
IND
15,5913.3%
9
RATNESH KUMAR GUPTA
IND
15,5153.3%
10
SURENDRA YADAV
JKP
6,8451.4%
11
PARAS NATH MANJHI
ABMSD
6,6781.4%

Average turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 3.4% · max 40.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
11th of 14

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.58
fewer partiesmore parties
6th of 14

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
7th of 14

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.58EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 22.9%INC 19.4%RJD 14.5%CPI(ML)(L) 13.5%JD(U) 9.7%JVM 7.1%OTH 12.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,39,869
Density
442 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,393 km²
SC population27.6%
ST population9.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.8%Muslim 12.3%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.8%
Electricity19.2%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.9%
Children fully vaccinated80.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.7%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Clean cooking fuel25.4%
Health insurance55.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses-Arhar🏺Vegetable

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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