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Winner — 1957

SHEIKH TAHIR HUSSAIN
INC· INC
INC 46.0%IND 28.9%3 others 25.2%
Votes
10,985
46.0% share
Winning margin
4,087
17.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
36.2%
of 65,978

Jale is a safe seat — SHEIKH TAHIR HUSSAIN won by 17.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEIKH TAHIR HUSSAIN
10,98546.0%
2
ABHAICHANDRA MISHRA
IND
6,89828.9%
3
SITARAM KAMTI
IND
2,55110.7%
4
RAMDAHIM MISHRA
IND
2,1008.8%
5
AZIZUR RAHMAN
IND
1,3585.7%

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.

High turnout (7th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.0% · max 21.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
7th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
159th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
187th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.0%IND 28.9%IND 10.7%IND 8.8%IND 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute🏺Maize🏷️MakhanaGI

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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