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Winner — 1962

BHUNESHWAR RAI
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 27.1%INC 21.2%5 others 51.7%
Votes
10,527
27.1% share
Winning margin
2,282
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
55.4%
of 70,116

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHUNESHWAR RAI
Praja Socialist Party
10,52727.1%
2
SUDAMA CHAUDHARY
INC
8,24521.2%
3
NAGENDRA KUMAR
IND
8,03520.7%
4
SHYAM NARAIN DASS
IND
4,59711.8%
5
BABUEJI RAI
Swatantra Party
4,51611.6%
6
AINUL HAQUE
SOC
2,3366.0%
7
RAM SWARUP MISHRA
IND
5841.5%

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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.2% · max 30.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
88th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
212th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 27.1%INC 21.2%IND 20.7%IND 11.8%SWA 11.6%SOC 6.0%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
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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