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Winner — 1972

PATURI SINGH
NCO 37.4%IND 21.3%5 others 41.3%
Votes
25,762
37.4% share
Winning margin
11,051
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.3%
of 1,14,277

Bathnaha is a safe seat — PATURI SINGH won by 16.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATURI SINGH
25,76237.4%
2
MOHAN LAL SHARMA
IND
14,71121.3%
3
RAM BAHADUR SINGH
Congress (R)
9,02613.1%
4
BHARATI DEVI
Grand Alliance
6,5229.5%
5
RAMSHRAY RAI
IND
4,8657.1%
6
DAMODAR JHA
4,2276.1%
7
RAM SUJAS SINGH
IND
3,8445.6%

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.

High turnout (2nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 4.8% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
2nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
147th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
169th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 37.4%IND 21.3%INC 13.1%BJS 9.5%IND 7.1%SOP 6.1%OTH 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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