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Winner — 1967

B. SHARMA
CPI· Left
CPI 36.4%INC 20.4%7 others 43.2%
Votes
19,182
36.4% share
Winning margin
8,440
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
52.3%
of 1,00,604

Masaurhi is a safe seat — B. SHARMA won by 16.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. SHARMA
Left
19,18236.4%
2
D. SHARMA
INC
10,74220.4%
3
B. P. SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
10,19619.4%
4
B. P. SINGH
IND
6,60812.6%
5
R. D. PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,5152.9%
6
V. K. VERMA
Left
1,4012.7%
7
M. PRASAD
IND
1,3102.5%
8
R. P. PASWAN
IND
1,1662.2%
9
S. DEVI
IND
5381.0%

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 (193rd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.2% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
193rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.63
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
171st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 36.4%INC 20.4%PSP 19.4%IND 12.6%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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