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Winner — 1972

HARDEO PRASAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 48.2%SOP 36.3%3 others 15.5%
Votes
15,465
48.2% share
Winning margin
3,836
12.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
38.3%
of 83,825

A clear win with a 12.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARDEO PRASAD
Congress (R)
15,46548.2%
2
TARA DEVI
11,62936.3%
3
RAM PRASAD YADAV
Grand Alliance
3,28910.3%
4
TAHSILDAR
Grand Alliance
9142.9%
5
AMBIKA PRASAD
IND
7752.4%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.4% · max 51.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
77th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
27th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.2%SOP 36.3%BJS 10.3%OTH 5.3%

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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