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Winner — 1957

MAHES KANT SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 41.0%PSP 31.7%2 others 27.3%
Votes
11,890
41.0% share
Winning margin
2,696
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
43.8%
of 66,223

A clear win with a 9.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHES KANT SHARMA
11,89041.0%
2
RAMKARAN CHAUDHRY
9,19431.7%
3
MOHAMMAD FAZLE
IND
6,14321.2%
4
JAGRUP MALLAH
IND
1,7936.2%

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.

Average turnout (194th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 1.2% · max 71.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
194th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
135th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.0%PSP 31.7%IND 21.2%IND 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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