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Winner — 2000

DADAN SINGH
IND
IND 27.9%SAP 20.6%8 others 51.5%
Votes
29,900
27.9% share
Winning margin
7,871
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.5%
of 1,76,970

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DADAN SINGH
IND
29,90027.9%
2
RAM BIHARI SINGH
22,02920.6%
3
SURAJ PRASAD
13,53312.6%
4
HARENDRA SINGH
RJD
11,00510.3%
5
SANJAY KUMAR TIWARI
INC
9,4828.8%
6
BASANT SINGH
Samajwadi Party
8,4297.9%
7
VYAS MUNI SINGH
CPI(ML)(L)
8,2797.7%
8
JANARDAN SINGH
BSP
2,1892.0%
9
SHYAM LAL SINGH KUSHWAHA
IND
1,6301.5%
10
ARUN KUMAR SINGH
IND
6370.6%

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 (139th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.1% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
139th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
78th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 27.9%SAP 20.6%CPI 12.6%RJD 10.3%INC 8.8%SP 7.9%OTH 11.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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