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Winner — 1967

S. SHAHI
IND
IND 47.1%INC 20.2%6 others 32.7%
Votes
17,040
47.1% share
Winning margin
9,738
26.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
45.4%
of 79,785

Lauriya is a safe seat — S. SHAHI won by 26.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. SHAHI
IND
17,04047.1%
2
S.N. PRASAD
INC
7,30220.2%
3
M. AHMED
IND
3,3819.3%
4
R. SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,6867.4%
5
P.P. YADAV
Swatantra Party
2,1505.9%
6
S. BAITHA
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,8725.2%
7
B. RAO
IND
1,0382.9%
8
C.N. RAI
IND
7222.0%

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 (51st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.1% · max 67.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
51st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.1%INC 20.2%IND 9.3%BJS 7.4%SWA 5.9%SSP 5.2%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

What's nearby?

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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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