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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOPAL JOSHI | Congress (R) | 18,005 | 36.1% |
| 2 | MOHD. HUSSAIN | IND | 9,877 | 19.8% |
| 3 | BHANWAR LAL KOTHARI | Grand Alliance | 7,478 | 15.0% |
| 4 | SATYANARAYAN | 7,296 | 14.6% | |
| 5 | GOKUL PRASAD PUROHIT | IND | 6,066 | 12.2% |
| 6 | ATMARAM | IND | 466 | 0.9% |
| 7 | JAGAT MARAYAN HARASH | IND | 373 | 0.8% |
| 8 | NOOR MOHD | IND | 276 | 0.6% |
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
lean16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 0.5% · max 47.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
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18th of 199How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 199How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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180th of 199Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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?
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