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Winner — 1962

KAPILDEO SINGH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 45.8%INC 34.4%2 others 19.8%
Votes
18,407
45.8% share
Winning margin
4,596
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.7%
of 64,080

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAPILDEO SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
18,40745.8%
2
JAMUNA SINGH
INC
13,81134.4%
3
DASRATH SINGH
IND
4,79811.9%
4
SAMUNDRIKA PRASAD
Left
3,1737.9%

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.

Low turnout (201st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 0.8% · max 44.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
201st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
51st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 45.8%INC 34.4%IND 11.9%CPI 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%

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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