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Winner — 1962

BISHWANATH RAI
INC· INC
INC 41.6%PSP 28.5%3 others 29.9%
Votes
16,374
41.6% share
Winning margin
5,177
13.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
59.8%
of 65,756

A clear win with a 13.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BISHWANATH RAI
INC
16,37441.6%
2
DASRATH TIWARY
Praja Socialist Party
11,19728.5%
3
CHHABINATH SINGH
SOC
8,63622.0%
4
JAGANNATH PANDEY
RRP
1,9044.8%
5
RAM PRASAD SINGH
Swatantra Party
1,2193.1%

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 (178th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.5% · max 27.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
178th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
239th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.6%PSP 28.5%SOC 22.0%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry

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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