Tanakpur
Winner — 1962
Tanakpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 517 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANISUR RAHMAN | INC | 10,913 | 29.4% |
| 2 | PRATAP SINGH | Praja Socialist Party | 10,396 | 28.0% |
| 3 | MOHAMMAD EWAZ | Swatantra Party | 5,610 | 15.1% |
| 4 | GANESH CHANDRA | 3,934 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | BHAGAT RAM | Left | 3,528 | 9.5% |
| 6 | ISHWARI PRASAD | 2,736 | 7.4% |
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 (37th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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5 locationsTomb of Saiyed Hussain, dated A.H. 1000 or 1592 A.D.
Tomb of Saiyed Hussain, dated A.H. 1000 or 1592 A.D.
Tomb of Saiyed Saif Khan and his mother
Tomb of Saiyed Saif Khan and his mother
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