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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1980

Churu

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Winner — 1980

BHALU KHAN
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 38.5%JNP(SC) 28.1%9 others 33.4%
Votes
20,490
38.5% share
Winning margin
5,513
10.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
58.4%
of 91,253

A clear win with a 10.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHALU KHAN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
20,49038.5%
2
RAM NATH KASWAN
JNP(SC)
14,97728.1%
3
TOPAN DAS
BJP
BJP
8,07015.2%
4
HARI DAS
IND
5,0369.4%
5
ASHA RAM
IND
2,3464.4%
6
OM PRAKASH
RRP
7071.3%
7
SATYA NARAYAN
IND
4610.9%
8
INDER CHAND RAJPAL
IND
4060.8%
9
MURARI LAL MARUBHARTI
IND
3320.6%
10
MADHAV SHARMA
IND
2710.5%
11
RIDH KARAN VASHISTH
IND
1690.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (19th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.2% · max 30.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
19th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
190th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
200 seats · 101 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 38.5%JNP(SC) 28.1%BJP 15.2%IND 9.4%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,39,547
Density
147 / km²
Sex ratio
940 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
13,835 km²
SC population22.1%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.2%Muslim 12.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.3%
Electricity66.7%
Sanitation57.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.8%
Children fully vaccinated74.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Children underweight (under 5)23.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate63.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.6%
Health insurance81.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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