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Winner — 1962

DUKHAN RAM
INC· INC
INC 38.5%PSP 26.8%6 others 34.7%
Votes
17,264
38.5% share
Winning margin
5,280
11.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
53.6%
of 83,541

A clear win with a 11.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DUKHAN RAM
INC
17,26438.5%
2
BIPAN BEHARI SINHA
Praja Socialist Party
11,98426.8%
3
GURU DUTT SINGH
Swatantra Party
7,00915.7%
4
PARAS NATH SINGH
3,2867.3%
5
KHWAJA HASAN NIJAMI
Left
2,8146.3%
6
GANESH PRASAD SINGH
JP
1,1832.6%
7
AHSAN MOHAMMAD
SOC
1,0922.4%
8
CHATURGUN HARIJAN
IND
1630.4%

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 (68th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.7% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
68th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.5%PSP 26.8%SWA 15.7%BJS 7.3%CPI 6.3%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

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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