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Winner — 1969

RAMA NAND TIWARI
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 52.3%INC 16.6%5 others 31.1%
Votes
26,371
52.3% share
Winning margin
17,999
35.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.9%
of 1,03,147

Shahpur is a safe seat — RAMA NAND TIWARI won by 35.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMA NAND TIWARI
Samyukta Socialist Party
26,37152.3%
2
SARJU PRASAD UPADHYA
INC
8,37216.6%
3
SATYADEO PANDEY
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8,24916.4%
4
RAM PALAK SINGH
IND
6,29812.5%
5
KEDAR NATH MISHRA
IND
3990.8%
6
BALESAR TIWARI
RRP
3770.8%
7
MAHESH TIWARI
3750.7%

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 (181st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
35.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 4.4% · max 35.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
181st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
83rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
228th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 52.3%INC 16.6%BJS 16.4%IND 12.5%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,00,843
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
638 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.5%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity1.9%
Sanitation23.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.2%
Children fully vaccinated84.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Children underweight (under 5)52.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.3%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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