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Winner — 1985

KAMLA PANDEY
INC· INC
INC 37.2%CPI 27.5%7 others 35.3%
Votes
18,588
37.2% share
Winning margin
4,864
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
43.4%
of 1,15,190

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMLA PANDEY
INC
18,58837.2%
2
REWAKANT DWEVEDI
Left
13,72427.5%
3
WAKIL PRASAD
IND
7,19414.4%
4
DHIRENDRA NATH BANERJEE
Left
6,27912.6%
5
NAND KISHORE CHOUDHURY
IND
1,3532.7%
6
RANCHANDRE CHOUDHRY
IND
1,1732.4%
7
MAYA SINHA
Janata
9641.9%
8
RAM SINHASAN PRASAD
IND
4330.9%
9
PRABHAS KUMAR VERMA
IND
2450.5%

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 (18th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.4% · max 33.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
18th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.30
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
72nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.2%CPI 27.5%IND 14.4%CPM 12.6%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

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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