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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 17 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

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Winner — 1957

SAHDEO
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
HARI SHANKAR S. SHASTRI
INC· 7,865 votes
INC 22.6%INC 18.7%5 others 58.7%
Votes
9,540
22.6% share
Winning margin
1,812
4.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
22.5%
of 93,677

A closely fought contest. SAHDEO won with a 4.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAHDEO
9,54022.6%
2
HARI SHANKAR S. SHASTRI
7,86518.7%
3
RAWAT MAN SINGH
RRP
7,72818.3%
4
GHANSHYAM DASS
RRP
5,27012.5%
5
RAM PAL
IND
4,0269.6%
6
BHURA MAL S/O GOVIND RAM
IND
3,9019.3%
7
RAGHUNATH SWAROOP
IND
3,8269.1%

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.

Average turnout (96th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.9% · max 60.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
96th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.74
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
14th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
176 seats · 89 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 22.6%INC 18.7%RRP 18.3%RRP 12.5%IND 9.6%IND 9.3%OTH 9.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,63,937
Density
78 / km²
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
30,239 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 10.0%Other 2.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water59.7%
Electricity58.7%
Sanitation51.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.0%
Children fully vaccinated75.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Children underweight (under 5)28.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.3%
Clean cooking fuel51.4%
Health insurance87.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bikaneri Namkeen
JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

🏛️MonumentASI

JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

🏛️MonumentASI

JAIN TEMPLE OF SUSANI GODDESS

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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