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Winner — 1969

SURYANARAIN SHARMA
LTC
LTC 27.2%SSP 19.7%5 others 53.1%
Votes
13,974
27.2% share
Winning margin
3,881
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.5%
of 1,05,924

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURYANARAIN SHARMA
LTC
13,97427.2%
2
SHEDNATH PANDEY
Samyukta Socialist Party
10,09319.7%
3
RAGHUNATH SINGH YADAVA
INC
9,54618.6%
4
SITARAM PRASAD
Left
7,91615.4%
5
JANARDAN DJHA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6,61112.9%
6
RAM BARAN SINGH
IND
2,3054.5%
7
RAM AVATAR SAHI
8701.7%

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 (175th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.5% · max 31.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
175th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
205th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LTC 27.2%SSP 19.7%INC 18.6%CPI 15.4%BJS 12.9%OTH 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

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