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Winner — 1967

L.L. KAPOOR
PSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
PSP 56.7%IND 16.1%5 others 27.2%
Votes
16,207
56.7% share
Winning margin
11,613
40.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
40.3%
of 70,894

Kishanganj is a safe seat — L.L. KAPOOR won by 40.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
L.L. KAPOOR
Praja Socialist Party
16,20756.7%
2
K. RAHMAN
IND
4,59416.1%
3
A.K. BASU
INC
2,92510.2%
4
G.M. TAHA
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,8286.4%
5
B.M/ THIRANI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,3144.6%
6
Z.A. IRAQUT
Swatantra Party
1,2664.4%
7
M. MOHAMMED
IND
4581.6%

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 (140th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
40.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.0% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
140th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 56.7%IND 16.1%INC 10.2%SSP 6.4%OTH 10.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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