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Winner — 1985

VINDESHWARI DUBEY
INC· INC
INC 59.1%JNP 18.1%11 others 22.8%
Votes
42,766
59.1% share
Winning margin
29,680
41.0% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.5%
of 1,32,905

Shahpur is a safe seat — VINDESHWARI DUBEY won by 41.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VINDESHWARI DUBEY
INC
42,76659.1%
2
SHIVA NAND TIWARI
Janata
13,08618.1%
3
DHARAM PAL SINGH
IND
8,78212.1%
4
SAMBHU SARAN MISHRA
BJP
3,2734.5%
5
G. P. OJHA
IND
1,9702.7%
6
VINAY KUMAR CHAUDARY
IND
7461.0%
7
PARSU RAM TATWA
ICS
7361.0%
8
DEO MUN ROY
IND
2440.3%
9
NAGENDRA PRASAD
IND
1980.3%
10
BISHWANATH PANDEY
IND
1810.3%
11
SATYA NARAIN MISHRA
IND
1450.2%
12
BHUNESHWAR SINGH
IND
1430.2%
13
RAMDEO THAKUR
IND
1010.1%

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.

Average turnout (156th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
41.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.8% · min 0.5% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
156th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
107th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.1%JNP 18.1%IND 12.1%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
🏛️

Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

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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