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Winner — 1969

SHATRU MARDAN SAHI
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 45.9%INC 27.6%4 others 26.5%
Votes
16,648
45.9% share
Winning margin
6,642
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.2%
of 82,038

Lauria is a safe seat — SHATRU MARDAN SAHI won by 18.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHATRU MARDAN SAHI
Swatantra Party
16,64845.9%
2
ASHWINI KUMAR MITRA
INC
10,00627.6%
3
LAKSHMI PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
7,63221.1%
4
ZUVAR ALAM ZAFARI
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,2923.6%
5
SOVARAN BAITHA
4671.3%
6
SUBH NARAYAN PRASAD
LTC
2170.6%

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 (51st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.1% · max 67.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
51st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 45.9%INC 27.6%BJS 21.1%OTH 5.4%

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?

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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