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Winner — 1957

KRISHNARAJ SINHA
INC· INC
INC 49.8%CPI 27.5%6 others 22.7%
Votes
14,856
49.8% share
Winning margin
6,654
22.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
49.8%
of 59,848

Dawath is a safe seat — KRISHNARAJ SINHA won by 22.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNARAJ SINHA
14,85649.8%
2
SANT PRASAD SINGH
8,20227.5%
3
THAKUR PRASAD SINGH
CNPSPJP
2,3627.9%
4
RAM VILAS SINGH
1,9976.7%
5
HAMID MIAN
IND
8052.7%
6
RAMADESH DUBEY
IND
7282.4%
7
BHARGAVA DUTTA CHATURVEDI
IND
4921.6%
8
HARIANATH SINGH
IND
3721.3%

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 (238th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.8%CPI 27.5%CNPSPJP 7.9%PSP 6.7%OTH 8.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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