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Winner — 1962

SAILABALA ROY
INC· INC
INC 45.5%SWA 36.0%4 others 18.5%
Votes
13,543
45.5% share
Winning margin
2,843
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.7%
of 69,680

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAILABALA ROY
INC
13,54345.5%
2
ALAKA DEBI
Swatantra Party
10,70036.0%
3
LAKSHMI NARAIN MAHATO
JP
2,6598.9%
4
BRAJENDRA NATH SAHAI
1,5485.2%
5
BHAGWAN DUTT RAJHANS
Praja Socialist Party
7682.6%
6
MITHILESH KISHORE PRASAD SINHA
IND
5281.8%

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 (85th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 1.7% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
87th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.5%SWA 36.0%JP 8.9%BJS 5.2%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

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