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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Srikrishna Prasad Singh
BJP 30.4%LJSP 19.9%9 others 49.7%
Votes
26,907
30.4% share
Winning margin
9,259
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
11

A clear win with a 10.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Srikrishna Prasad Singh
26,90730.4%
2
Sudarshan Singh
LJSP
17,64819.9%
3
Veena Devi
14,40116.3%
4
Rajendra Prasad Singh
12,21913.8%
5
Surendra Kumar Sahni
IND
6,1537.0%
6
Radhakrishna Pd. Sinha
IND
3,1323.5%
7
Dilip Kumar
IND
2,2802.6%
8
Anil Kumar Singh
2,0122.3%
9
Kusheshwar Poddar
BJJD
1,5871.8%
10
Ramdayal Bharti
1,2591.4%
11
Munni Devi
9421.1%

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 (219th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.2% · max 38.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
219th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
161st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
18 seats · 10 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 30.4%LJSP 19.9%INC 16.3%CPM 13.8%IND 7.0%OTH 12.7%

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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