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Winner — 1962

JAIMANGAL SINGH
INC· INC
INC 57.5%SOC 33.0%2 others 9.5%
Votes
20,201
57.5% share
Winning margin
8,607
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
55.5%
of 63,237

Tarapur is a safe seat — JAIMANGAL SINGH won by 24.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAIMANGAL SINGH
INC
20,20157.5%
2
BIJOY NARAIN PRASANT
SOC
11,59433.0%
3
SINGHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
1,6874.8%
4
BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH
Swatantra Party
1,6454.7%

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 (204th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.4% · max 25.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
204th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
50th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.5%SOC 33.0%OTH 9.5%

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?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bawan Booti🏷️Silao KhajaGI
All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area (Excavated remains)

All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area (Excavated remains)

🏛️MonumentASI

All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area (Excavated remains)

Ancient mound, Bargaon

Ancient mound, Bargaon

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound

🏛️

Statue of Buddha

🏛️MonumentASI

Statue of Buddha

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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