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Winner — 1962

NITISHWAR PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 48.8%CPI 22.0%3 others 29.1%
Votes
21,078
48.8% share
Winning margin
11,567
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.5%
of 66,981

Katra South is a safe seat — NITISHWAR PRASAD SINGH won by 26.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NITISHWAR PRASAD SINGH
INC
21,07848.8%
2
RAMNARAYAN SINGH
Left
9,51122.0%
3
JITENDRA PRASAD SINGH
Swatantra Party
7,59017.6%
4
KRISHNA CHANDRA PD. SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
4,81811.2%
5
SATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGH
IND
1690.4%

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.

High turnout (16th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 0.3% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
16th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
114th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.8%CPI 22.0%SWA 17.6%PSP 11.2%OTH 0.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

What's nearby?

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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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