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Winner — 1962

SAKOOR AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 38.2%IND 29.3%3 others 32.5%
Votes
13,154
38.2% share
Winning margin
3,054
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.9%
of 75,006

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAKOOR AHMAD
INC
13,15438.2%
2
YOGENDRA PRASAD YADAV
IND
10,10029.3%
3
NARMDESHWAR SINGH ASAD
Praja Socialist Party
7,46321.7%
4
ARJUN SINGH
Swatantra Party
1,9425.6%
5
NATHUNI MANSURI
SOC
1,7905.2%

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 (190th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.8% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
190th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.12
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
44th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.2%IND 29.3%PSP 21.7%SWA 5.6%SOC 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
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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