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Winner — 1972

MOTILAL SINHA KANAN
SOP 54.8%INC 23.3%4 others 21.9%
Votes
42,555
54.9% share
Winning margin
24,505
31.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.0%
of 1,10,773

Hajipur is a safe seat — MOTILAL SINHA KANAN won by 31.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOTILAL SINHA KANAN
42,55554.9%
2
GOPINATH PATEL
Congress (R)
18,05023.3%
3
DWARKANATH THAKUR
14,97619.3%
4
PRADYOMAN PRASAD SINGH
Grand Alliance
7781.0%
5
KAMLESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
6980.9%
6
RAJENDRA PRASAD
IND
5340.7%

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 (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.2% · max 48.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
132nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
66th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 54.9%INC 23.3%NCO 19.3%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

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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