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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1972

Bikaner

Winner — 1972

GOPAL JOSHI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 36.1%IND 19.8%6 others 44.1%
Votes
18,005
36.1% share
Winning margin
8,128
16.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.1%
of 73,207

Bikaner is a safe seat — GOPAL JOSHI won by 16.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPAL JOSHI
Congress (R)
18,00536.1%
2
MOHD. HUSSAIN
IND
9,87719.8%
3
BHANWAR LAL KOTHARI
Grand Alliance
7,47815.0%
4
SATYANARAYAN
7,29614.6%
5
GOKUL PRASAD PUROHIT
IND
6,06612.2%
6
ATMARAM
IND
4660.9%
7
JAGAT MARAYAN HARASH
IND
3730.8%
8
NOOR MOHD
IND
2760.6%

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.

High turnout (18th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 0.5% · max 47.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
18th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
180th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
184 seats · 93 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.1%IND 19.8%BJS 15.0%SOP 14.6%IND 12.2%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,74,692
Density
184 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,656 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.8%Sikh 12.2%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water75.0%
Electricity73.9%
Sanitation84.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.9%
Children fully vaccinated83.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.2%
Children underweight (under 5)21.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.3%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance89.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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