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Winner — 1957

BASAWON SINHA
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 42.8%INC 33.8%2 others 23.4%
Votes
11,427
42.8% share
Winning margin
2,397
9.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
48.8%
of 54,706

A clear win with a 9.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASAWON SINHA
11,42742.8%
2
HAZARI SINGH
9,03033.8%
3
BUDHAN RAI VERMA
CNPSPJP
3,83814.4%
4
KESHO SHASTRI
IND
2,3989.0%

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 (180th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.0% · max 41.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
180th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
122nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 42.8%INC 33.8%CNPSPJP 14.4%IND 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

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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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