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Winner — 1969

NARAYAN VIKRAM SHAH
INC· INC
INC 44.9%BJS 34.4%4 others 20.7%
Votes
19,350
44.9% share
Winning margin
4,533
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.3%
of 80,906

A clear win with a 10.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARAYAN VIKRAM SHAH
INC
19,35044.9%
2
CHANDRA MOHJAN PRASAD RAI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
14,81734.4%
3
JAGDISH PANDEY
LTC
6,50315.1%
4
CHHEDI KHAN
IND
1,4753.4%
5
VAIDYANATH CHOUDHURI
PBI
4721.1%
6
ZUBAIR ALAM ZAFRI
IND
4651.1%

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 (71st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 0.9% · max 47.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
71st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
140th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
202nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.9%BJS 34.4%LTC 15.1%OTH 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marcha Chura🏺Ready made Garments
🏛️

Ruined fortress

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined fortress

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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