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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 341 · 1962

Bhojpur

Winner — 1962

MAHRAM SINGH
INC· INC
INC 27.0%CPI 16.3%7 others 56.7%
Votes
10,871
27.0% share
Winning margin
4,328
10.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
45.3%
of 88,818

A clear win with a 10.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHRAM SINGH
INC
10,87127.0%
2
SUNDER LAL
Left
6,54316.3%
3
SOMVANSHI BABU
Praja Socialist Party
5,41413.5%
4
NET RAM
IND
5,11012.7%
5
RAM SWARUP SINGH
SOC
4,04310.1%
6
ABDUL JALIL KHAN
REP
3,4208.5%
7
VIRENDRA SINGH
2,9707.4%
8
SUBHAS CHANDRA DUBEY
Swatantra Party
1,0722.7%
9
SIYA RAM
RRP
7872.0%

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.

Low turnout (387th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.7% · max 30.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
387th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
199th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
53rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 27.0%CPI 16.3%PSP 13.5%IND 12.7%SOC 10.1%REP 8.5%OTH 12.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,00,946
Density
1221 / km²
Sex ratio
1017 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,540 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.1%Muslim 11.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.2%
Electricity31.7%
Sanitation21.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated64.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)39.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.8%
Women literate71.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.7%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Decorative Products,🏺Embroidery and Weaving (Knitting) Products🏺Readymade Garments
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Extensive mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive mound

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Mound of brick ruins

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound of brick ruins

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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