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Winner — 1980

TALIB ANSARI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 31.3%IND 27.8%7 others 41.0%
Votes
23,874
31.3% share
Winning margin
2,682
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
60.1%
of 1,26,948

A closely fought contest. TALIB ANSARI won with a 3.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TALIB ANSARI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,87431.3%
2
CHUNCHUN PRASAD YADAV
IND
21,19227.8%
3
SUDHA SHRIVASTAVA
JNP(SC)
17,01022.3%
4
PRABHASH CHANDRA TIWARY
BJP
7,4039.7%
5
JAGDISH KUMAR DAS
IND
3,3254.4%
6
NEJAMUDDIN
IND
2,2533.0%
7
GOVIND MANDAL
JNP(SR)
5370.7%
8
SUBHAS CHANDRA PANDEY
JNP(JP)
4780.6%
9
RADHE LAL SAH
2680.3%

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 (145th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 2.3% · max 45.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
145th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.15
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
109th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 31.3%IND 27.8%JNP(SC) 22.3%BJP 9.7%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
10,00,912
Density
815 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,228 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity27.1%
Sanitation31.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.8%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate57.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance15.1%

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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