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Winner — 1962

BRIJ BEHARI SINGH
INC· INC
INC 54.1%SWA 15.6%3 others 30.4%
Votes
21,450
54.0% share
Winning margin
15,275
38.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.8%
of 79,656

Rupauli is a safe seat — BRIJ BEHARI SINGH won by 38.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRIJ BEHARI SINGH
INC
21,45054.0%
2
RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
Swatantra Party
6,17515.6%
3
MOHIT LAL PANDIT
Praja Socialist Party
4,65611.7%
4
NAND KISHORE SINGH
IND
3,97510.0%
5
JAIKRISHNA THAKUR
SOC
3,4298.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (160th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
38.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.2% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
160th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.0%SWA 15.6%PSP 11.7%IND 10.0%SOC 8.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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