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Winner — 1985
DILLI RAM BASNET
SSP 70.8%INC 23.4%3 others 5.8%
Votes
2,460
70.8% share
Winning margin
1,646
47.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.2%
of 5,094
Melli is a safe seat — DILLI RAM BASNET won by 47.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DILLI RAM BASNET | 2,460 | 70.8% | |
| 2 | GRISH CHANDRA RAI | INC | 814 | 23.4% |
| 3 | CHANDRA KHALING | IND | 189 | 5.4% |
| 4 | CHABI LAL RAI | Janata | 9 | 0.3% |
| 5 | MOHAN PRASAD SHARMA | IND | 2 | 0.1% |
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 (16th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe47.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.0% · min 5.7% · max 61.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
85%
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16th of 32How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 32How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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6th of 32Where does the house stand?
SEAT
32 seats · 17 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 70.8%INC 23.4%IND 5.4%OTH 0.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,46,850
Density
196 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
750 km²
SC population4.1%
ST population28.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.6%Buddhist 23.9%Christian 14.6%Other 3.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water91.3%
Electricity91.2%
Sanitation86.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.4%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Children underweight (under 5)7.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Women literate90.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel66.5%
Health insurance20.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Dalle KhursaniGI🏺Handloom and Handicraft🏺Tea
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.