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Winner — 1995

SINHESHWAR SHAHI
JD· Janata Dal
JD 42.2%INC 21.2%18 others 36.6%
Votes
45,896
42.2% share
Winning margin
22,791
20.9% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
55.4%
of 1,96,537

Kateya is a safe seat — SINHESHWAR SHAHI won by 20.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SINHESHWAR SHAHI
Janata Dal
45,89642.2%
2
BACHCHA CHAUBE
INC
23,10521.2%
3
INDU DEVI
21,12419.4%
4
CHANDRA HAS RAI
BPP
6,6546.1%
5
MAHESHWAR DHAR DWIVEDI
BJP
2,5732.4%
6
JAGARNATH UPADHYAI
IND
2,1822.0%
7
RAMASISH BHAGAT
1,8471.7%
8
JANAK LAL SINGH
9610.9%
9
BASANT PRASAD
IND
8030.7%
10
NIJAMUDIN KHAN
IND
7310.7%
11
UPENDRA CHAUBE
IND
4970.5%
12
SHAMBHU
IND
4920.5%
13
ARVIND RAI
IND
3750.3%
14
YATINDRA NATH TIWARI
IND
3650.3%
15
VIRENDRA RAI
IND
3410.3%
16
RAMAYAN TIWARI
IND
2430.2%
17
VAIDYA NATH YADAV
IND
2120.2%
18
HARIHAR DUBE
IND
1890.2%
19
RAMEKBAL SINGH
IND
1510.1%
20
AMARESH KUMAR RAI
IND
770.1%

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 (34th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 0.1% · max 23.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
34th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
182nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
186th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 42.2%INC 21.2%SAP 19.4%BPP 6.1%OTH 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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