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Winner — 1985

MOHAMAD HUSEN AZAD
INC· INC
INC 55.8%JNP 38.2%6 others 6.0%
Votes
44,882
55.8% share
Winning margin
14,213
17.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
54.0%
of 1,48,872

Thakurganj is a safe seat — MOHAMAD HUSEN AZAD won by 17.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMAD HUSEN AZAD
INC
44,88255.8%
2
MD. SULEMAN
Janata
30,66938.1%
3
GAYA PD. SINGH
IND
1,7672.2%
4
LAKHAN KISKU
IND
1,4941.9%
5
MANOJ SHANKER SINGH
BJP
8251.0%
6
WAKIL YADAV
IND
5160.6%
7
AFZAL HUSEN
IND
1410.2%
8
HABEBUL RAHMAN
IND
910.1%

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 (28th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.3% · max 40.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
28th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
222nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.8%JNP 38.1%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
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
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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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