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Winner — 1985

HARI SHANKER PRASAD YADAV
INC· INC
INC 33.6%IND 27.1%12 others 39.3%
Votes
25,829
33.6% share
Winning margin
4,984
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
57.9%
of 1,32,991

A clear win with a 6.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI SHANKER PRASAD YADAV
INC
25,82933.6%
2
BRAJ BIHARI PRASAD
IND
20,84527.1%
3
SHAMIMUDIN HASMI
Lok Dal
18,01223.4%
4
VIRENDRA PRASAD
IND
7,2849.5%
5
GANESH RAM
IND
1,1631.5%
6
RAMLAKHAN RAM
ICJ
1,0451.4%
7
DHRUB PRASAD
BJP
5850.8%
8
JAMIL AKHTAR
IND
5370.7%
9
SHEO SHANKER MISHRA
IND
5370.7%
10
RAJENDRA PRASAD
IND
5240.7%
11
MOKHTAR RAI
IND
2270.3%
12
SUNIL KUMAR SINGH
IND
1590.2%
13
RAMDENI SAH
IND
1340.2%
14
HEDYA NARAIN
IND
630.1%

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.

High turnout (30th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.2% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
147th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.6%IND 27.1%LKD 23.4%IND 9.5%OTH 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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