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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 26 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Darauli

Winner — 1957

RAJENDRA PD. SINGH
CNPSPJP
Also elected — same seat
BASAWAN RAM
INC· 15,120 votes
CNPSPJP 20.2%INC 18.6%5 others 61.2%
Votes
16,391
20.2% share
Winning margin
1,418
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
29.3%
of 1,38,781

Darauli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,418 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA PD. SINGH
CNPSPJP
16,39120.2%
2
BASAWAN RAM
15,12018.6%
3
RAMAYAN SHUKLA
14,97318.4%
4
LAKSHMAN RAWAT
IND
13,91917.1%
5
NARAYAN CHAUDHARY
CNPSPJP
11,79414.5%
6
ACHHAIBAR RAM
5,0486.2%
7
SHEOPUJAN CHAUDHARY
3,9684.9%

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 (154th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 1.0% · max 36.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
154th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
144th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
151st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CNPSPJP 20.2%INC 18.6%INC 18.4%IND 17.1%CNPSPJP 14.5%PSP 6.2%OTH 4.9%

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
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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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