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Winner — 1969

VIR SINGH
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 34.2%BJS 24.3%6 others 41.5%
Votes
11,655
34.2% share
Winning margin
3,383
9.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
39.6%
of 85,976

A clear win with a 9.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIR SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
11,65534.2%
2
DINESH PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8,27224.3%
3
BHUNESHWAR SHARMA
INC
7,74922.8%
4
PRAMOD KUMAR MISHRA
IND
3,1999.4%
5
VIRVAL SHARMA
Left
1,7705.2%
6
DHARMA PRASAD
6191.8%
7
MAJAR ALAM
IND
4381.3%
8
RAMCHANDRA TIWARY
PBI
3391.0%

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.

High turnout (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.3% · max 35.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
25th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
190th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 34.2%BJS 24.3%INC 22.8%IND 9.4%CPI 5.2%OTH 4.1%

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
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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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