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Winner — 1969

RAM RAKSHA PRASAD YADAV
INC· INC
INC 33.7%CPI 32.6%4 others 33.7%
Votes
21,262
33.7% share
Winning margin
707
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.3%
of 1,06,456

Sultanganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 707 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM RAKSHA PRASAD YADAV
INC
21,26233.7%
2
BAIJNATH MANDAL
Left
20,55532.6%
3
BANARASI PRASAD SHARMA
Praja Socialist Party
15,81425.1%
4
RAM SWARATH RAI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,8146.0%
5
GOVIND MANDAL
JAP
1,0381.6%
6
ANUP LAL SAH
PBI
5900.9%

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 (66th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.8% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
66th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
93rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
53rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.7%CPI 32.6%PSP 25.1%BJS 6.0%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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