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Winner — 1980

UMA SHANKAR SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 38.6%JNP(SC) 38.3%6 others 23.2%
Votes
37,117
38.6% share
Winning margin
303
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.2%
of 1,43,130

Supaul was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 303 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMA SHANKAR SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
37,11738.6%
2
RAMJEE MANDAL SHASTRI
JNP(SC)
36,81438.3%
3
AMARENDRA PRASAD SINGH
JNP(JP)
13,61514.2%
4
MD. SAFIUR RAHMAN
JNP(SR)
4,6324.8%
5
BIKRAM PRASAD SINGH
IND
2,1882.3%
6
DEVENDRA YADAV
IND
1,0201.1%
7
JASIM UDDIN
IND
4540.5%
8
MAHESH MISHRA
IND
3670.4%

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 (197th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.3% · max 25.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
197th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
95th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 38.6%JNP(SC) 38.3%JNP(JP) 14.2%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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