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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1985

Bikaner

Winner — 1985

BULAKIDAS KALLA
INC· INC
INC 50.1%JNP 41.7%13 others 8.1%
Votes
31,110
50.1% share
Winning margin
5,213
8.4% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
54.9%
of 1,12,975

A clear win with a 8.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BULAKIDAS KALLA
INC
31,11050.1%
2
MAKHAN LAL JOSHI
Janata
25,89741.7%
3
MAHBOOB ALI
BJP
2,3903.9%
4
DANA RAM PARIHAR
Left
7791.3%
5
MAKHAN LAL RATHI
IND
5260.8%
6
ABDUL GAFOOR
IND
4440.7%
7
BABU LAL SONI
IND
1910.3%
8
SUSHILA DEVI SHANKHLA
IND
1840.3%
9
BHOJ RAJ
IND
1670.3%
10
NATWAR LAL VYAS
IND
890.1%
11
MURARI LAL
IND
790.1%
12
GUMAN SINGH
IND
690.1%
13
MOHD. AMMEN COMPOUNDER
IND
560.1%
14
SHER KHAN
IND
430.1%
15
ASA RAM GEHLOT
IND
330.1%

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 (92nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 1.6% · max 47.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
92nd of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
200 seats · 101 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.1%JNP 41.7%OTH 8.2%

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?

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.

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