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Winner — 1980

SHYAM NARAYAN PANDEY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 42.7%CPI 27.0%5 others 30.3%
Votes
33,536
42.7% share
Winning margin
12,334
15.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
58.1%
of 1,35,130

Bhabhua is a safe seat — SHYAM NARAYAN PANDEY won by 15.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAM NARAYAN PANDEY
INC(I)
Congress (I)
33,53642.7%
2
RAM LAL SINGH
Left
21,20227.0%
3
BHANU PRATAP SINGH
20,15425.7%
4
SHREE MAHABALI SINGH
IND
1,2781.6%
5
RAN VIJAY SINGH BAHADUR SINGH
BJP
1,0811.4%
6
LAL MUNI CHAMAR
IND
6750.9%
7
SHEO PARIKSHA SINGH
JNP(JP)
6260.8%

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.

Low turnout (221st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
221st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
241st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 42.7%CPI 27.0%INC(U) 25.7%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

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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