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Winner — 1985

TASLIMUDDIN
JNP· Janata
JNP 56.8%INC 36.5%5 others 6.7%
Votes
44,046
56.8% share
Winning margin
15,763
20.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.2%
of 1,20,709

Jokihat is a safe seat — TASLIMUDDIN won by 20.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TASLIMUDDIN
Janata
44,04656.8%
2
MOIDUR RAHMAN
INC
28,28336.5%
3
DOMAN RISHI
IND
1,5652.0%
4
MANO KUMAR CHATTERJEE
IND
1,4291.8%
5
SURENDRA PRASAD SINGH
BJP
1,4051.8%
6
RAM KUMAR AGARWAL
IND
4370.6%
7
KAMESHWAR
IND
3360.4%

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 (54th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.6% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 56.8%INC 36.5%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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