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Winner — 1962

GUTHULI SINGH
INC· INC
INC 50.8%SWA 19.9%8 others 29.3%
Votes
17,986
50.8% share
Winning margin
10,926
30.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
56.4%
of 62,790

Nokha is a safe seat — GUTHULI SINGH won by 30.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GUTHULI SINGH
INC
17,98650.8%
2
AWADH NATH PRASAD
Swatantra Party
7,06019.9%
3
SITARAM SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
4,56812.9%
4
JAI RAM CHOUDHARY
IND
2,1936.2%
5
SINGASAN SINGH
JP
1,5684.4%
6
RAJ NITI TEWARY
IND
5771.6%
7
HRIDAYA NAND CHOUDHARY
IND
5381.5%
8
KEHSHAV SAHSTRI
SOC
3991.1%
9
UPLENDRA GOSWAMI
3901.1%
10
RAMESHWAR TEWARI
IND
1340.4%

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 (120th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
30.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.7% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
120th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
123rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.8%SWA 19.9%PSP 12.9%IND 6.2%OTH 10.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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