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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Chomu
Winner — 1962
BHANU PRASHAD
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 69.7%INC 17.3%3 others 13.0%
Votes
13,190
69.7% share
Winning margin
9,919
52.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
35.9%
of 52,685
Chomu is a safe seat — BHANU PRASHAD won by 52.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHANU PRASHAD | Swatantra Party | 13,190 | 69.7% |
| 2 | HARI SHANKER | INC | 3,271 | 17.3% |
| 3 | RAMPAL | RRP | 1,625 | 8.6% |
| 4 | RAM SINGH | IND | 575 | 3.0% |
| 5 | GOPAL LAL | SOC | 258 | 1.4% |
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 (75th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean52.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 1.1% · max 52.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
75th of 199How crowded is the field?
SEAT
4.37
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 199How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
111th of 199Where does the house stand?
SEAT
176 seats · 89 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
4.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 69.7%INC 17.3%RRP 8.6%OTH 4.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bikaneri Namkeen
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.