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Winner — 1972

NAJMUDDIN
INC· Congress (R)
INC 66.7%SOP 26.8%1 others 6.5%
Votes
30,697
66.7% share
Winning margin
18,384
40.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
49.4%
of 93,233

Bahadurganj is a safe seat — NAJMUDDIN won by 40.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAJMUDDIN
Congress (R)
30,69766.7%
2
DILIP NARAIN JHA
12,31326.8%
3
ISLAMUDDIN
3,0046.5%

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 (161st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
40.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.2% · max 65.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
161st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
193rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.7%SOP 26.8%NCO 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

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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