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Winner — 1985

AMARENDRA MISHRA
INC· INC
INC 58.7%LKD 16.8%7 others 24.5%
Votes
57,599
58.7% share
Winning margin
41,152
42.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
64.9%
of 1,51,143

Raghopur is a safe seat — AMARENDRA MISHRA won by 42.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMARENDRA MISHRA
INC
57,59958.7%
2
ASESHWAR GOIT
Lok Dal
16,44716.8%
3
SHASHINDRA SINGH
Janata
14,00014.3%
4
RAM KISHORE MEHTA
IND
4,0534.1%
5
RAJENDRA MANDAL
IND
3,4213.5%
6
RAM PD. SAH
IND
1,1181.1%
7
MD. WAHID KHAN
IND
8110.8%
8
MISRI LAL SADA
IND
4470.5%
9
ANUP RAM
IND
1840.2%

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 (184th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
42.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.3% · max 44.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
184th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
136th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
88th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.7%LKD 16.8%JNP 14.3%OTH 10.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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