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Winner — 1972

BUDH DEO SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 40.9%SOP 28.0%5 others 31.1%
Votes
23,150
40.9% share
Winning margin
7,307
12.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
54.2%
of 1,04,489

A clear win with a 12.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BUDH DEO SINGH
Congress (R)
23,15040.9%
2
KESHAV PRASAD
15,84328.0%
3
RAM SWARATH SINGH
9,55016.9%
4
TEJ NARAIN PRASAD
Grand Alliance
5,4569.6%
5
JAG NARAIN
IND
1,0771.9%
6
REKHA SINHA
SUC
1,0401.8%
7
SARSWATI CHAUDHARY
IND
5180.9%

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 (153rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 2.3% · max 58.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
153rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
197th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.9%SOP 28.0%NCO 16.9%BJS 9.6%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Menthol🏺Sonachud Rice🏺Tomato
Rohtas garh fort

Rohtas garh fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Rohtas garh fort

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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