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Winner — 1962

RAJESHWARI PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 39.2%CPI 23.3%2 others 37.5%
Votes
15,307
39.2% share
Winning margin
6,217
15.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
58.2%
of 67,110

Surajgarha is a safe seat — RAJESHWARI PRASAD SINGH won by 15.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJESHWARI PRASAD SINGH
INC
15,30739.2%
2
KARYANAND SHARMA
Left
9,09023.3%
3
BHAGWAT PRASAD MEHTA
Swatantra Party
7,44219.1%
4
GITA PRASAD SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
7,20718.5%

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 (186th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.0% · max 24.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
186th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
195th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
89th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.2%CPI 23.3%SWA 19.1%PSP 18.5%

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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