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Winner — 1962

DASU SINHA
INC· INC
INC 39.8%CPI 39.1%4 others 21.1%
Votes
16,723
39.8% share
Winning margin
301
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.6%
of 70,436

Naubatpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 301 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DASU SINHA
INC
16,72339.8%
2
BHUWANESHWAR SHARMA
Left
16,42239.1%
3
TEKNARAIN LAL
IND
3,2797.8%
4
YUGESHWAR PRASAD
IND
2,7606.6%
5
JAGANNATH SAHAY
IND
1,7234.1%
6
MAHENDRA DUSADH
IND
1,1022.6%

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 (112th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.7% · max 59.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
112th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.50
fewer partiesmore parties
12th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
149th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.8%CPI 39.1%IND 7.8%IND 6.6%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet🏺Rice

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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