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Winner — 1969

VIJOY KUMAR YADAV
CPI· Left
CPI 38.1%BJS 29.0%3 others 33.0%
Votes
23,511
38.1% share
Winning margin
5,623
9.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
61.1%
of 1,01,060

A clear win with a 9.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIJOY KUMAR YADAV
Left
23,51138.1%
2
BIRENDRA PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
17,88829.0%
3
SYED WASIUDDIN AHMED
INC
17,39328.2%
4
TALESHWAR SINGH
BCP
1,4852.4%
5
KRISHNA NANDAN PRASAD
IND
1,4812.4%

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.

Low turnout (230th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
230th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
162nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
55th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 38.1%BJS 29.0%INC 28.2%OTH 4.8%

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?

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