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Winner — 1972

LAHTAN CHADHARY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 49.4%SOP 43.4%1 others 7.2%
Votes
33,467
49.4% share
Winning margin
4,089
6.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
58.4%
of 1,16,002

A clear win with a 6.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAHTAN CHADHARY
Congress (R)
33,46749.4%
2
PARMESHWAR KUMAR
29,37843.4%
3
BHAWESH MISHRA
4,8437.2%

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.

Low turnout (197th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.3% · max 25.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
197th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
95th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.4%SOP 43.4%NCO 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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