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Winner — 1980

HARDEO PRASAD
IND
IND 38.2%JNP(JP) 33.4%5 others 28.5%
Votes
35,415
38.2% share
Winning margin
4,442
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.0%
of 1,36,453

A closely fought contest. HARDEO PRASAD won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARDEO PRASAD
IND
35,41538.2%
2
TRIPURARI PRASAD SINGH
JNP(JP)
30,97333.4%
3
PANCHANAN SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,65320.1%
4
SUKUMARI DEVI
Left
7,2717.8%
5
JAGDISH YADAV
IND
1780.2%
6
SITARAM MISTRY
IND
1660.2%
7
JAGDISH SAO
IND
1390.1%

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 (148th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.4% · max 50.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
106th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 38.2%JNP(JP) 33.4%INC(I) 20.1%CPI 7.8%OTH 0.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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