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Winner — 1980

BIR BAHADUR SINGH
IND
IND 26.8%JNP(SC) 21.1%12 others 52.1%
Votes
19,796
26.8% share
Winning margin
4,182
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
44.9%
of 1,64,900

A clear win with a 5.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIR BAHADUR SINGH
IND
19,79626.8%
2
HARI NARAYAN SINGH
JNP(SC)
15,61421.1%
3
MARKANDE SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
11,93016.1%
4
SATYA NARAIN SINGH
JNP(JP)
9,58913.0%
5
RAM NATH SINGH
Left
7,91910.7%
6
RAM NATH RAM
IND
3,0724.2%
7
GUPTESHWAR SINGH
SSD
1,8692.5%
8
JAINATH SINGH
1,4672.0%
9
BABAN THAKUR
IND
8051.1%
10
SAUDAGAR SINGH
IND
6380.9%
11
BINDESHWAR SINGH
BJP
5360.7%
12
GUPTESHWAR LAL
IND
2790.4%
13
RADHA PANDEY
IND
2670.4%
14
RAM KISHAN SINGH
JNP(SR)
2040.3%

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 (182nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.6% · max 26.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
182nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
152nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.8%JNP(SC) 21.1%INC(I) 16.1%JNP(JP) 13.0%CPI 10.7%OTH 12.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

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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