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Winner — 1972

KANHAI SINGH
NCO 52.2%SOP 34.0%7 others 13.8%
Votes
43,154
52.2% share
Winning margin
15,046
18.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
67.5%
of 1,22,469

Paliganj is a safe seat — KANHAI SINGH won by 18.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANHAI SINGH
43,15452.2%
2
CHANDRADEO PRASAD VERMA
28,10834.0%
3
BALMIKE MANI
Congress (R)
6,1667.5%
4
SARDAR RAGHE DHAR SINGH
IND
1,4711.8%
5
KHURSHEED AUBAR ARFI
IND
1,0921.3%
6
AWADHESH KUMAR YADAV
IND
9151.1%
7
SAMRENU PRASAD SINGH
Grand Alliance
7901.0%
8
BISHWNATH GUPTA
Grand Alliance
5760.7%
9
RAM LAKHAN SINGH
IND
4220.5%

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.

Low turnout (209th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.6% · max 27.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
209th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
33rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
226th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 52.2%SOP 34.0%INC 7.5%OTH 6.4%

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?

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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