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Winner — 1980

CHANDRIKA PANDEY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 30.8%INC(U) 22.7%8 others 46.5%
Votes
19,388
30.9% share
Winning margin
5,131
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.1%
of 1,16,125

A clear win with a 8.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRIKA PANDEY
INC(I)
Congress (I)
19,38830.9%
2
MRITYUNJAY PRASAD SINGH
14,25722.7%
3
LAXMAN YADAV RAWAT
JNP(SC)
11,40718.1%
4
ALI AKBAR KHAN
BJP
9,71415.4%
5
BACHHA PRASAD SAHAY
IND
4,8087.7%
6
RAMESHWAR PRASAD
JNP(SR)
1,9173.0%
7
AWADH KUMAR DAS
IND
7421.2%
8
BHUPENDRA PANDEY
IND
2340.4%
9
AMRENDRA KUMAR SINGH
IND
1970.3%
10
RAMA SHANKAR SAH
IND
1910.3%

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 (149th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 2.7% · max 19.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
149th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.25
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.8%
lowerhigher
4th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 30.9%INC(U) 22.7%JNP(SC) 18.1%BJP 15.4%IND 7.7%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

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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