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Winner — 1969

TEJ NARAYAN YADAV
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 30.6%SSP 29.9%5 others 39.5%
Votes
18,336
30.6% share
Winning margin
424
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.9%
of 98,365

Baheri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 424 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TEJ NARAYAN YADAV
Swatantra Party
18,33630.6%
2
VASHISHTHA NARAYAN SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
17,91229.9%
3
MISHRIKANT RAI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8,24113.8%
4
RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINHA
LTC
7,23312.1%
5
KRISHNA DEVI
INC
6,72511.2%
6
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH
JAP
8021.3%
7
THAKE SAHU
IND
6771.1%

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 (183rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.7% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
183rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
160th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
162nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 30.6%SSP 29.9%BJS 13.8%LTC 12.1%INC 11.2%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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