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Winner — 1969

RAM JEEWAN SINGH
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 39.9%INC 36.4%3 others 23.7%
Votes
23,698
39.9% share
Winning margin
2,047
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.2%
of 1,03,900

A closely fought contest. RAM JEEWAN SINGH won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM JEEWAN SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
23,69839.9%
2
BHUVENESHWAR PRASAD
INC
21,65136.4%
3
KHUSHI LAL VERMA
IND
8,55214.4%
4
RAM NARAIN SINGH
IND
3,4425.8%
5
JAYDEO JHA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,1003.5%

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 (148th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.4% · max 50.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
106th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 39.9%INC 36.4%IND 14.4%IND 5.8%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

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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