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Winner — 1967

R. JHA
INC· INC
INC 44.0%BJS 36.2%8 others 19.8%
Votes
23,472
44.0% share
Winning margin
4,200
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
52.8%
of 1,00,885

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. JHA
INC
23,47244.0%
2
C. JHA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
19,27236.2%
3
M. UDDIN
Praja Socialist Party
2,6415.0%
4
S.C. YADAV
JKD
2,5994.9%
5
T. DEVI
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,8953.6%
6
M. TAKUR
IND
1,4162.7%
7
C.P. SINGH
Swatantra Party
7581.4%
8
J.N. MANDAL
IND
6291.2%
9
M. ALLAUDDIN
IND
4680.9%
10
A.P. SINGH
IND
1440.3%

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.

Low turnout (224th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.6% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
224th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.6%
lowerhigher
8th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%BJS 36.2%OTH 19.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

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