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Winner — 1962

SUMITRA DEVI
INC· INC
INC 49.3%SWA 33.6%6 others 17.1%
Votes
15,823
49.3% share
Winning margin
5,064
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
45.3%
of 70,726

Arrah is a safe seat — SUMITRA DEVI won by 15.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUMITRA DEVI
INC
15,82349.3%
2
ABUL FAZAL MOHAMMED ABDUL HAMID
Swatantra Party
10,75933.5%
3
RAM BADAN RAI
IND
1,4674.6%
4
RAFIQ AHMAD
Left
1,2794.0%
5
RANG BAHADUR PRASAD
Praja Socialist Party
1,1463.6%
6
NARAIN DWIVEDI
1,0653.3%
7
RAMADHAR TIWARI
IND
3571.1%
8
BAIDYANATH NARAIN
IND
1720.5%

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 (222nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
222nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.46
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.9%
lowerhigher
20th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.3%SWA 33.5%OTH 17.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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