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Winner — 1962

RAFUQUE ALAM
INC· INC
INC 40.2%PSP 29.4%2 others 30.4%
Votes
9,345
40.2% share
Winning margin
2,514
10.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
30.9%
of 75,139

A clear win with a 10.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAFUQUE ALAM
INC
9,34540.2%
2
LAKHAN LAL KAPUR
Praja Socialist Party
6,83129.4%
3
MOHAMMAD KHALIL
Swatantra Party
6,82029.3%
4
THAKUR PRASAD SINGH
SOC
2601.1%

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 (161st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.2% · max 65.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
161st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
193rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.2%PSP 29.4%SWA 29.3%OTH 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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