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Winner — 1985

PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH
INC· INC
INC 49.7%LKD 38.7%15 others 11.6%
Votes
53,112
49.7% share
Winning margin
11,800
11.1% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
68.6%
of 1,55,774

A clear win with a 11.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH
INC
53,11249.7%
2
ZAHIR UDDIN AHMAD
Lok Dal
41,31238.7%
3
GAURI SHANKER JHA
Left
5,9875.6%
4
CHANDRA NA. SINGH
Janata
1,0941.0%
5
NAGESHWAR CHOUDHARY
IND
1,0211.0%
6
SONA DEVI
IND
7820.7%
7
SUBHASH CHANDRA YADAVA
IND
7780.7%
8
MADHUSUDAN YADAV
IND
5540.5%
9
DEEP NA. BHARTI
IND
5130.5%
10
VASUDEO YADAVA
IND
5030.5%
11
VINDESHWARI YADAVA
IND
2970.3%
12
DINANATH JHA
IND
2560.2%
13
KHEDI MANDAL
IND
1840.2%
14
SATYA NA. YADAVA
IND
1520.1%
15
SHIVA NANDAN CHOUDHARY
IND
1460.1%
16
YOGENDRA PASWAN
IND
790.1%
17
BHAWASH MISHRA
IND
460.0%

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.

Low turnout (197th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.3% · max 25.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
197th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
95th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%LKD 38.7%CPI 5.6%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
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
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