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Winner — 1962

GORAKH RAI
INC· INC
INC 62.2%SWA 23.1%2 others 14.7%
Votes
24,054
62.2% share
Winning margin
15,101
39.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
45.5%
of 85,042

Barauli is a safe seat — GORAKH RAI won by 39.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GORAKH RAI
INC
24,05462.2%
2
HAZARI SAH
Swatantra Party
8,95323.1%
3
BIJUL SINGH
Left
5,10013.2%
4
SUDIST NARAYAN YADAV
SOC
5761.5%

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 (108th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.8% · min 0.3% · max 61.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
108th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
57th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.2%SWA 23.1%CPI 13.2%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,56,246
Density
1880 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
349 km²
SC population14.7%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.2%Muslim 15.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity6.7%
Sanitation20.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.3%
Children fully vaccinated62.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.4%
Children underweight (under 5)42.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.6%
Clean cooking fuel31.3%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Maize

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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