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Winner — 1962

MAHESHKANT SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 45.1%PSP 39.4%1 others 15.5%
Votes
13,818
45.1% share
Winning margin
1,746
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
39.4%
of 77,694

A clear win with a 5.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHESHKANT SHARMA
INC
13,81845.1%
2
RAMKARAN CHOUDHRY
Praja Socialist Party
12,07239.4%
3
MAHMAD FAZLE KARIM SHAIKH
Swatantra Party
4,75615.5%

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 (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 1.4% · max 42.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
11th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
135th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.5%
lowerhigher
10th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.1%PSP 39.4%SWA 15.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%

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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