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Winner — 1962

MOHAMMAD ALIJAN
INC· INC
INC 39.2%SWA 24.7%2 others 36.1%
Votes
14,097
39.2% share
Winning margin
5,219
14.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
36.8%
of 97,848

A clear win with a 14.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMMAD ALIJAN
INC
14,09739.2%
2
ANJUM HASHIM
Swatantra Party
8,87824.7%
3
MAHAMMAD ISMAIL
IND
7,87821.9%
4
NAZAMUDDIN SHEKH
Praja Socialist Party
5,10414.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (140th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.0% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
140th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.2%SWA 24.7%IND 21.9%PSP 14.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

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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