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Winner — 1962

DAVENDRA JHA
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 46.1%INC 28.1%3 others 25.8%
Votes
13,209
46.0% share
Winning margin
5,147
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
42.7%
of 67,149

Pupri South is a safe seat — DAVENDRA JHA won by 17.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAVENDRA JHA
Praja Socialist Party
13,20946.0%
2
ABDUL RASHID ANSARI
INC
8,06228.1%
3
RAM BHAROS SHARMA
Swatantra Party
4,65216.2%
4
IZHARUL
SOC
1,6845.9%
5
INDRASHEKHAR MISHRA
IND
1,0753.8%

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 (100th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.9% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
100th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
75th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 46.0%INC 28.1%SWA 16.2%SOC 5.9%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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