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Winner — 1957

BANARSI DEVI
INC· INC
INC 34.3%PSP 29.5%4 others 36.1%
Votes
13,058
34.3% share
Winning margin
1,834
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.5%
of 68,513

A closely fought contest. BANARSI DEVI won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANARSI DEVI
13,05834.3%
2
MUNISHWAR PRASAD SINGH
11,22429.5%
3
PARMESHWAR ROY
IND
7,47619.7%
4
RAMSAGAR SINHA
IND
3,4539.1%
5
LALDEO RAI
IND
1,6194.3%
6
RAMANAND SINHA
CNPSPJP
1,1963.1%

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.

High turnout (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 1.1% · max 41.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
206th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
107th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.3%PSP 29.5%IND 19.7%IND 9.1%OTH 7.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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