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Winner — 1980

DAROGA PRASAD RAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 69.0%CPI 17.7%7 others 13.3%
Votes
55,594
69.0% share
Winning margin
41,292
51.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
62.9%
of 1,28,132

Parsa is a safe seat — DAROGA PRASAD RAI won by 51.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAROGA PRASAD RAI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
55,59469.0%
2
RAM NATH SINGH
Left
14,30217.8%
3
RAMA NAND PRASAD YADAV
JNP(SC)
7,7949.7%
4
BRAJ NANDAN SINGH
BJP
1,3511.7%
5
MAHENDRA SINGH
JNP(JP)
7560.9%
6
RAM DARP SINGH
IND
2700.3%
7
RAM BABU SINGH
IND
2260.3%
8
ANGAD SINGH
IND
1730.2%
9
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH
JNP(SR)
1160.1%

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 (67th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
51.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 1.7% · max 51.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
67th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
41st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 69.0%CPI 17.8%JNP(SC) 9.7%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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