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Winner — 1977

NAGENDRA JHA
INC· INC
INC 48.9%JNP 39.9%7 others 11.2%
Votes
33,153
48.9% share
Winning margin
6,080
9.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
66.0%
of 1,02,774

A clear win with a 9.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGENDRA JHA
INC
33,15348.9%
2
INDRAKANT JHA
Janata
27,07339.9%
3
UDIT NARIAYAN SINHA
IND
5,0677.5%
4
KULANAND DAS
IND
7511.1%
5
GOVIND NARAYAN CHAUDHNARY
IND
5860.9%
6
CHANDRA MOHAN JHA
IND
5670.8%
7
CHANDRA MOHAN KUWAR
IND
4170.6%
8
AGHANU YADAV
IND
1300.2%
9
RAMCHANDRA CHAUDHARY
IND
1090.2%

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 (146th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 1.0% · max 49.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
146th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
71st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
137th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.9%JNP 39.9%IND 7.5%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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