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Winner — 1995

LAKHAN THAKUR
JD· Janata Dal
JD 25.6%INC 24.3%23 others 50.1%
Votes
29,725
25.6% share
Winning margin
1,557
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
25
Turnout
62.5%
of 1,85,603

Raghopur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,557 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

25 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKHAN THAKUR
Janata Dal
29,72525.6%
2
AMRENDRA MISHRA
INC
28,16824.3%
3
UDAI PRAKASH GOET
IND
18,65516.1%
4
SURESH PRASAD MEHTA
7,5316.5%
5
LEKHA NAND MISHRA
BJP
5,7595.0%
6
SHEO NARAYAN SHARMA
IND
4,4913.9%
7
NURULLAH ANSARI
IND
4,0753.5%
8
RAJENDRA CHOUDHARY
IND
3,8643.3%
9
RAMENDRA PRASAD GUPTA
BPP
1,9231.7%
10
RAMESH PRASAD YADAV
Samajwadi Party
1,1511.0%
11
PARMESHWAR SINGH YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
1,0760.9%
12
ASHOK DAS
IND
1,0690.9%
13
RAJENDRA SADA
IND
1,0350.9%
14
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
IND
1,0240.9%
15
SHAMBHU YADAV
IND
1,0110.9%
16
TERAN SUTIHAR
IND
1,0030.9%
17
BISHWA NATH DEO
IND
9770.8%
18
KHUSHI LAL SADA
IND
7590.7%
19
INDRAKANT MISHRA
IND
5770.5%
20
EBRAHIM
IND
5250.5%
21
DIPAK KUMAR
IND
4890.4%
22
SATENDRA SADA
IND
4130.4%
23
MUSHARU YADAV
IND
2570.2%
24
SUREND CHOUDHARY
IND
2280.2%
25
RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA
IND
2030.2%

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 (184th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.3% · max 44.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
184th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
136th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
88th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 25.6%INC 24.3%IND 16.1%SAP 6.5%OTH 27.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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