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Winner — 1985

BRAJ KISHORE NARAIN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 55.0%LKD 38.7%3 others 6.3%
Votes
48,362
55.0% share
Winning margin
14,332
16.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.7%
of 1,29,853

Baikunthpur is a safe seat — BRAJ KISHORE NARAIN SINGH won by 16.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRAJ KISHORE NARAIN SINGH
INC
48,36255.0%
2
DEODAT ROY
Lok Dal
34,03038.7%
3
SURESH PRASAD SINGH
Janata
4,4615.1%
4
RADHA KRISHNA PRASAD SINGH
IND
5420.6%
5
BAGESHWAR PRASAD
IND
5290.6%

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 (154th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 1.0% · max 36.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
154th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
144th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
151st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.0%LKD 38.7%JNP 5.1%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

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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