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Winner — 1972

SADHU SARAN SAHI
SOP 50.1%INC 19.8%7 others 30.2%
Votes
31,318
50.1% share
Winning margin
18,948
30.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
63.9%
of 97,943

Kurhani is a safe seat — SADHU SARAN SAHI won by 30.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADHU SARAN SAHI
31,31850.1%
2
MAHENDRA MOHAN MISHRA
Congress (R)
12,37019.8%
3
HIND KESHARI YADAV
IND
10,42716.7%
4
RAM NANDAN SINGH
HSD
5,8489.3%
5
MOHAMMAD ALI JAHAN
IND
9021.4%
6
SHASHI BHUSHAN PD. SINGH
IND
5880.9%
7
KISHORI RAI
Grand Alliance
4830.8%
8
RAMASIS RAI
IND
3370.5%
9
NAVAL KISHORE SINHA
2790.5%

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.

Average turnout (74th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.5% · min 0.4% · max 67.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
74th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
237th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
90th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 50.1%INC 19.8%IND 16.7%HSD 9.3%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,64,619
Density
1011 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,229 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population4.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.9%Muslim 38.5%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity13.4%
Sanitation13.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated62.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)47.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.0%
Women literate47.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Clean cooking fuel19.3%
Health insurance10.2%

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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