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Winner — 1980

MITHILESH KUMAR PANDEY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 42.3%CPI 42.1%5 others 15.6%
Votes
31,666
42.3% share
Winning margin
138
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
62.4%
of 1,19,938

Harlakhi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 138 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MITHILESH KUMAR PANDEY
INC(I)
Congress (I)
31,66642.3%
2
BAIDYANATH YADAV
Left
31,52842.1%
3
ABDUL SAMAD
JNP(SC)
7,78310.4%
4
RAM BHAROS CHOUDHARY
JNP(JP)
1,3881.9%
5
RAM BABU PRASAD
IND
1,1121.5%
6
VINDESAR PASWAN
IND
9711.3%
7
JIWESWAR JHA
IND
3950.5%

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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.2% · max 30.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
88th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
212th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 42.3%CPI 42.1%JNP(SC) 10.4%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
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺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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