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Winner — 2025

RAMESHWAR KUMAR MEHTO
RLOKM· NDA (NDA)
RLOKM 45.0%RJD 43.5%12 others 11.5%
Votes
99,144
45.0% share
Winning margin
3,395
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
66.1%
of 3,33,004

Bajpatti was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 3,395 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.43 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESHWAR KUMAR MEHTO
RLOKM
NDA (NDA)
99,14445.0%
2
MUKESH KUMAR YADAV
95,74943.5%
3
AAJAM KHAN
JANSURAJ
6,1742.8%
4
MD. MUNNA MANSURI
IND
3,1051.4%
5
RAKESH KUMAR
TPLRSP
3,0801.4%
6
MOHD. ZEYAUR RAHMAN
IND
2,4801.1%
NOTA
NOTA
2,3031.1%
8
DEONANDAN RAM
2,1861.0%
9
RANDHIR KUMAR
1,3890.6%
10
SUSHIL RAJ
BHRTSP
1,2830.6%
11
MOHAMMAD AFTAB
APADP
9200.4%
12
AJEET KUMAR JHA
IND
8380.4%
13
ABDUL HASIB
PECP
7960.4%
14
ASHA CHOUDHARY
IND
7940.4%

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

Average turnout (152nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.8% · max 21.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
152nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
124th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
209th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RLOKM 45.0%RJD 43.5%OTH 10.5%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.43 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

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