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Winner — 1980

SURYA NA. YADAV
INC(U) 35.9%INC(I) 27.9%8 others 36.2%
Votes
35,830
35.9% share
Winning margin
8,043
8.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
72.5%
of 1,37,605

A clear win with a 8.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURYA NA. YADAV
35,83035.9%
2
K.K. MANDAL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
27,78727.9%
3
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH ALIAS KUMAR CHANDRA BHUSHAN
JNP(JP)
19,56319.6%
4
GAURI SHANKAR JHA
Left
9,0149.0%
5
PARMESHWAR PRASAD NIRALA
JNP(SC)
4,6294.6%
6
RAM KRISHNA MANDAL
JNP(SR)
1,2721.3%
7
GANESH KUMAR MEHTA
IND
8190.8%
8
AKLU SHARMA
IND
3330.3%
9
RAMESHWAR MISTRI
IND
2490.3%
10
DHANESHWAR MISHRA
IND
1980.2%

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 (138th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.3% · min 2.4% · max 73.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
138th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
36th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(U) 35.9%INC(I) 27.9%JNP(JP) 19.6%CPI 9.0%OTH 7.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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