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Winner — 1980

KUMUD RANJAN JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.0%JNP(JP) 39.5%8 others 19.5%
Votes
37,073
41.0% share
Winning margin
1,341
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
68.3%
of 1,32,435

Pandaul was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,341 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KUMUD RANJAN JHA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
37,07341.0%
2
VIJAY KUMAR MISHRA
JNP(JP)
35,73239.5%
3
AGHANU YADAV
JNP(SC)
12,20813.5%
4
SHASHI BHUSHAN YADAV
Left
3,3973.8%
5
SUBH CHANDRA JHA
IND
6440.7%
6
AEINUL HAQUE
JNP(SR)
5770.6%
7
SAFI QUALLAH ANSARI
3250.4%
8
DIWAKAR PRASAD YADAV
BJP
2320.3%
9
BADRI NARIN MISHRA
IND
1250.1%
10
DURGANAND JHA
IND
1030.1%

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 (173rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 1.5% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
173rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
134th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
71st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.0%JNP(JP) 39.5%JNP(SC) 13.5%OTH 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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