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Winner — 1980

TULSI SINGH
JNP(SC)
JNP(SC) 36.8%CPI 20.7%12 others 42.6%
Votes
34,033
36.8% share
Winning margin
14,905
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
67.3%
of 1,37,616

Karakat is a safe seat — TULSI SINGH won by 16.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TULSI SINGH
JNP(SC)
34,03336.8%
2
RAM JI PRASAD SINGH
Left
19,12820.7%
3
KAMESHWAR SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
18,32019.8%
4
TRIBHUAN SINGH
JNP(JP)
10,50811.3%
5
RAM NIWAS
IND
6,8817.4%
6
RAJESHWAR SINGH
BJP
1,2331.3%
7
GUPUT GANDHI
IND
5910.6%
8
ABDUL HANIF ANSARI
SSD
5640.6%
9
SARYU MISHRA
4990.5%
10
JAGNARAIN TRIPATHY
JNP(SR)
3340.4%
11
GUPTESHWAR SINGH
IND
2240.2%
12
SHEONANDAN RAM
IND
1320.1%
13
RADHA PRASAD SAH
IND
680.1%
14
SURYANATH RAM
IND
480.1%

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 (68th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.7% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
68th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(SC) 36.8%CPI 20.7%INC(I) 19.8%JNP(JP) 11.3%IND 7.4%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

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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