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Winner — 1972

BRAJAKISHORE NARAIN SINGH
NCO 54.3%CPI 34.5%3 others 11.3%
Votes
29,752
54.3% share
Winning margin
10,860
19.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
50.0%
of 1,09,603

Barauli is a safe seat — BRAJAKISHORE NARAIN SINGH won by 19.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRAJAKISHORE NARAIN SINGH
29,75254.3%
2
VIJUL SINGH
Left
18,89234.5%
3
PARAS NATH SINGH
Grand Alliance
2,2764.2%
4
VINDESHWARI PD. BAITHA
2,2294.1%
5
HARKESH KUMAR SINGH
IND
1,6643.0%

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 (195th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 0.4% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
195th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
131st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 54.3%CPI 34.5%OTH 11.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

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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