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Winner — 1969

RANA SHEDLAKHPATI SINGH
INC· INC
INC 31.0%IND 23.6%6 others 45.5%
Votes
19,261
31.0% share
Winning margin
4,598
7.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
56.1%
of 1,10,819

A clear win with a 7.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RANA SHEDLAKHPATI SINGH
INC
19,26131.0%
2
TARNI PRASAD SINGH
IND
14,66323.6%
3
JAGDISH SHARMA
IND
11,42918.4%
4
SURENDRA KUMAR
Samyukta Socialist Party
7,09111.4%
5
ALAKHDEO NARAIN SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5,2618.5%
6
TRIVENI NATH DAS
BCP
2,9494.7%
7
M . A . HAIDAR
IND
9891.6%
8
YOGENDRA PRATAP SINGH
IND
5590.9%

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 (192nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 0.0% · max 65.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
192nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
62nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.0%IND 23.6%IND 18.4%SSP 11.4%BJS 8.5%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
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