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Winner — 1985

NARENDRA SINGH
INC· INC
INC 66.8%BJP 25.3%6 others 7.9%
Votes
53,338
66.8% share
Winning margin
33,128
41.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
62.0%
of 1,28,857

Chakai is a safe seat — NARENDRA SINGH won by 41.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARENDRA SINGH
INC
53,33866.8%
2
FALGUNI PRASAD YADAV
BJP
20,21025.3%
3
OM PRAKASH SHARMA
Janata
2,9863.7%
4
BAIKUNTH NANDAN SINGH
Left
1,9722.5%
5
BABU LAL DAS
IND
5150.7%
6
GAURI SHANKAR MADHUP
IND
3450.4%
7
A. D. GUPTA
IND
2380.3%
8
KAMESHWAR PD. SINGH
IND
2320.3%

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 (218th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
41.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 41.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
218th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
23rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.8%BJP 25.3%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

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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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