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Winner — 1980

MOHAMMAD SAKUR
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 38.3%JNP(SC) 33.7%3 others 28.0%
Votes
18,918
38.4% share
Winning margin
2,318
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
54.3%
of 90,914

A closely fought contest. MOHAMMAD SAKUR won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMMAD SAKUR
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,91838.4%
2
MAHENDRA NARAYAN YADAV
JNP(SC)
16,60033.6%
3
KEDARNATH PALIT
JNP(JP)
7,91216.0%
4
ANUP LAL MANDAL
5,53711.2%
5
RADHA PRASAD PREMI
BJP
3630.7%

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 (56th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.6% · max 41.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
56th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.31
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
219th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 38.4%JNP(SC) 33.6%JNP(JP) 16.0%INC(U) 11.2%OTH 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,70,541
Density
1549 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,918 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity20.2%
Sanitation31.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.9%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Clean cooking fuel45.2%
Health insurance13.2%

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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