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Winner — 1969

AWADH SINGH
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 49.7%INC 34.7%6 others 15.6%
Votes
27,042
49.7% share
Winning margin
8,144
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
61.7%
of 88,170

A clear win with a 15.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AWADH SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
27,04249.7%
2
THAKUR M . N . SINGH
INC
18,89834.7%
3
KAMESHWAR SHARMA
Left
3,8707.1%
4
NUNU SHARMA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,0993.9%
5
S . ABDUL ALI
IND
9211.7%
6
RAM MANDAN SINGH
IND
8421.6%
7
RAM LAKHAN PRASAD
SHD
5441.0%
8
RAM SWAROOP GUPTA
PBI
1930.3%

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 (231st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.7% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
231st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 49.7%INC 34.7%CPI 7.1%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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