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Winner — 1977

SURESH KUMAR SINGH
JNP· Janata
JNP 63.7%CPI 21.8%9 others 14.5%
Votes
41,226
63.7% share
Winning margin
27,118
41.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
55.1%
of 1,17,433

Jamalpur is a safe seat — SURESH KUMAR SINGH won by 41.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURESH KUMAR SINGH
Janata
41,22663.7%
2
KAMLESHWARI YADAV
Left
14,10821.8%
3
YOGENDRA MAHTON
INC
3,0504.7%
4
SURESH TANTI
IND
1,5472.4%
5
SURENDRA MANDAL
IND
1,2882.0%
6
RADHEY SHYAM YADAV
IND
1,0511.6%
7
VASUDEO PD. SHARMA
IND
7731.2%
8
BANARSI DAS
IND
6441.0%
9
NAKULDEO TANTI
IND
4510.7%
10
GURUDAYAL TRIVIKRAM
IND
3100.5%
11
MAHEDNRA YADAV
IND
2560.4%

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 (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
41.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.2% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
227th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
156th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 63.7%CPI 21.8%OTH 14.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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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