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Winner — 2000

HARINARAIN SINGH
SAP· NDA (NDA)
SAP 49.6%RJD 33.8%9 others 16.6%
Votes
57,749
49.6% share
Winning margin
18,441
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
71.4%
of 1,62,879

Chandi is a safe seat — HARINARAIN SINGH won by 15.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARINARAIN SINGH
NDA (NDA)
57,74949.6%
2
USHA SINHA
RJD
39,30833.8%
3
AJAY KR. SINGH
BSP
5,1754.5%
4
MUNNI LAL PRASAD YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
3,6243.1%
5
RAMJEE PRASAD
IND
3,2422.8%
6
AWADHESH KUMAR
IND
2,8212.4%
7
AJAY KUMAR SINGH
INC
2,7432.4%
8
KAPIL PRASAD
IND
1,0890.9%
9
KAMESWAR PRASAD
NCP
3350.3%
10
SATENDRA PRASAD
IND
1480.1%
11
SATISH KUMAR
IND
1010.1%

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.

Low turnout (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 1.6% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
198th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 49.6%RJD 33.8%OTH 16.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice

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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