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Winner — 1957

GANGA PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 25.3%CNPSPJP 22.7%5 others 52.0%
Votes
7,427
25.3% share
Winning margin
759
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
46.3%
of 63,473

A closely fought contest. GANGA PRASAD SINGH won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANGA PRASAD SINGH
7,42725.3%
2
VISHWANATH PD. SINGH
CNPSPJP
6,66822.7%
3
SARDAR HARIHAR SINGH
IND
6,42721.9%
4
YAMUNA PRASAD LAL
3,32311.3%
5
CHHOTAK SINGH
IND
2,3778.1%
6
JAGDISH PD. SINGH
IND
1,7886.1%
7
NAND BIHARI DUBE
IND
1,3804.7%

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 (243rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.7% · min 2.0% · max 58.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
40%
lowerhigher
243rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
220th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
232nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 25.3%CNPSPJP 22.7%IND 21.9%PSP 11.3%IND 8.1%IND 6.1%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

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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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