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Winner — 1962

PRABHU NATH SINGH
INC· INC
INC 46.3%SWA 42.9%1 others 10.7%
Votes
10,965
46.3% share
Winning margin
804
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
41.1%
of 57,600

A closely fought contest. PRABHU NATH SINGH won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRABHU NATH SINGH
INC
10,96546.3%
2
PRABHU NARAIN SINGH
Swatantra Party
10,16142.9%
3
MRITUNJAYA SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
2,53510.7%

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.

Average turnout (177th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 3.4% · max 44.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
84th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.3%SWA 42.9%PSP 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

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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