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Winner — 1967

S. S. PRASAD
INC· INC
INC 45.3%PSP 43.4%3 others 11.3%
Votes
28,040
45.3% share
Winning margin
1,164
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.9%
of 1,01,686

Islampur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,164 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. S. PRASAD
INC
28,04045.3%
2
R. S. P. SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
26,87643.4%
3
R. PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,6354.3%
4
K. M. P. SINHA
Samyukta Socialist Party
2,3743.8%
5
P. SINGH
Swatantra Party
2,0173.3%

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 (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 1.6% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
198th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.3%PSP 43.4%OTH 11.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice

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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