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Winner — 1962

PRATIBHA DEVI
INC· INC
INC 54.1%SWA 25.1%4 others 20.8%
Votes
24,935
54.1% share
Winning margin
13,366
29.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.1%
of 73,083

Sursand is a safe seat — PRATIBHA DEVI won by 29.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRATIBHA DEVI
INC
24,93554.1%
2
RAM CHARITRA RAI YADAV
Swatantra Party
11,56925.1%
3
MADHVENDRA PRATAP SAHI
IND
4,76610.3%
4
AYUB MOHMAD
IND
2,4585.3%
5
SIABHADRA PRASAD
Praja Socialist Party
1,8374.0%
6
YOGENDRA TIWARY
SOC
5441.2%

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 (116th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
29.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 6.5% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
116th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.1%SWA 25.1%IND 10.3%IND 5.3%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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