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Winner — 1957

LAKHAN LAL KAPOOR
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 56.1%INC 43.9%
Votes
11,873
56.1% share
Winning margin
2,596
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
31.9%
of 66,330

A clear win with a 12.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKHAN LAL KAPOOR
11,87356.1%
2
MOHAMMAD ESSAN
9,27743.9%

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 (237th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 0.0% · max 45.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
237th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
35th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 56.1%INC 43.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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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