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Winner — 1980

HARDEO PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 35.8%JNP(SC) 19.2%6 others 45.0%
Votes
14,535
35.8% share
Winning margin
6,717
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
43.1%
of 94,219

Dhanaha is a safe seat — HARDEO PRASAD won by 16.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARDEO PRASAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
14,53535.8%
2
RANG LALL PRASAD
JNP(SC)
7,81819.3%
3
SACHIDA NAND PANDEY
IND
7,53518.6%
4
YOGENDRA PRASAD SHRIVASTAVA
JNP(JP)
7,40418.2%
5
SATYANARAYAN PRASAD GUPTA
IND
1,4883.7%
6
PREM CHAND TIWARI
BJP
7151.8%
7
JANARDAN TIWARI
IND
5791.4%
8
PREM CHAND SINGH
IND
5431.3%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.4% · max 51.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
77th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
27th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 35.8%JNP(SC) 19.3%IND 18.6%JNP(JP) 18.2%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

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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