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Winner — 1972

THAKUR RAMA PATI SINGH
SOP 52.3%NCO 23.3%2 others 24.4%
Votes
26,548
52.3% share
Winning margin
14,730
29.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
51.7%
of 98,219

Patahi is a safe seat — THAKUR RAMA PATI SINGH won by 29.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
THAKUR RAMA PATI SINGH
26,54852.3%
2
RAM NANDAN SINGH
11,81823.3%
3
ASHOK KUMAR
Congress (R)
8,01715.8%
4
LAKSHMESHWAR N. SINGH
Grand Alliance
4,3898.6%

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 (49th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
29.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.7% · max 36.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
49th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
121st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 52.3%NCO 23.3%INC 15.8%BJS 8.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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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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