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Winner — 1985

MOTI LAL SINHA KANAN
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 45.7%INC 24.7%16 others 29.7%
Votes
39,592
45.6% share
Winning margin
18,197
21.0% of votes
Total candidates
18
Turnout
59.4%
of 1,46,021

Hajipur is a safe seat — MOTI LAL SINHA KANAN won by 21.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOTI LAL SINHA KANAN
Lok Dal
39,59245.6%
2
JAGANNATH PRASAD RAI
INC
21,39524.7%
3
UMESH CHANDRA MISHRA
Left
15,94518.4%
4
JAGANNATH YADAV
Janata
4,5985.3%
5
RAMBAHADUR MITRA
Left
1,4471.7%
6
DEVI BHAGAT
IND
1,0941.3%
7
MD. NAYAM UDIN
IND
6810.8%
8
NARESH KUMAR SHARMA
IND
5490.6%
9
SHAKUNTALA DEVI
IND
3040.3%
10
RAMESH SINGH
IND
2670.3%
11
KAMLESH RAM
IND
2250.3%
12
BHARAT PRASAD
IND
1490.2%
13
RAJ KUMAR PRASAD
IND
1480.2%
14
ANIL KUMAR SINGH
IND
900.1%
15
CHITAWAN SINGH
IND
810.1%
16
SHANKAR SINGH
IND
610.1%
17
SRINATH CHAUDHARY
IND
560.1%
18
SARBHU NARAIN RAI
IND
450.1%

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 (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.6% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
23rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
202nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
102nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 45.6%INC 24.7%CPI 18.4%JNP 5.3%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
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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