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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1998

Jhunjhunu

Winner — 1998

SUMITRA SINGH
IND
IND 43.1%INC 42.2%6 others 14.8%
Votes
42,874
43.1% share
Winning margin
898
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.2%
of 1,52,820

Jhunjhunu was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 898 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUMITRA SINGH
IND
42,87443.1%
2
BRIJENDRA SINGH
INC
41,97642.2%
3
GUL MOHAMMAD
NDA
11,89111.9%
4
LAXMAN KUMAR SHARMA
AIRJP
7590.8%
5
PHOOL CHAND
CPI(ML)(L)
7320.7%
6
BIHARILAL BHARTYA
ABHM
6660.7%
7
IBRAHIM KHAN
IND
4770.5%
8
MAHENDRA KUMAR
1930.2%

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 (113th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.4% · max 32.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
113th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
164th of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
200 seats · 101 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 43.1%INC 42.2%BJP 11.9%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,37,045
Density
361 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,928 km²
SC population16.9%
ST population1.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.7%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water60.3%
Electricity77.6%
Sanitation53.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.1%
Children fully vaccinated88.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.9%
Children underweight (under 5)19.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Women literate74.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Clean cooking fuel55.5%
Health insurance86.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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