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Winner — 2020

Panna Lal Singh Patel
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 31.9%INC 29.1%16 others 39.0%
Votes
56,541
31.9% share
Winning margin
5,108
2.9% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
57.7%
of 3,06,644

A closely fought contest. Panna Lal Singh Patel won with a 2.9% margin.

Seat history

6 of 17 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.70 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Panna Lal Singh Patel
NDA (NDA)
56,54131.9%
2
Chandan Kumar Alias Dr. Chandan Yadav
51,43329.1%
3
Mithilesh Kumar Nishad
Lok Janshakti Party
31,22917.6%
4
Nagendra Singh Tyagi
JAPL
10,5806.0%
5
Shiv Narayan Singh
IND
4,4502.5%
6
Sushant Yadav
BSP
3,5472.0%
7
Priya Kumari
IND
3,1761.8%
8
Gauri Shankar Paswan
IND
2,8741.6%
NOTA
NOTA
2,6011.5%
10
Sanjay kumar
IND
2,3491.3%
11
Ganesh Sada
IND
2,3031.3%
12
Vidya Nand Yadav
SSD
1,1160.6%
13
Akhilesh Kumar Vidyarthi
IND
1,0060.6%
14
Ram Balak Ram
AJPR
8870.5%
15
Suraj Kumar
TPLRSP
8540.5%
16
Urmila Devi
JNSHKVPD
8360.5%
17
Soni Devi
YKP
6350.4%
18
Afroz Alam
LGJNPSCL
5760.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (135th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.8% · max 41.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
135th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.85
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.7%
lowerhigher
7th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.85EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 31.9%INC 29.1%LJP 17.6%JAPL 6.0%OTH 13.9%NOTA 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
6/17

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.70 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

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