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Winner — 1967

V. GIRI
INC· INC
INC 40.7%SSP 38.4%5 others 20.9%
Votes
24,313
40.8% share
Winning margin
1,402
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
63.5%
of 93,936

A closely fought contest. V. GIRI won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. GIRI
INC
24,31340.8%
2
R.S. SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
22,91138.4%
3
R.C. MANDAL
Praja Socialist Party
4,2347.1%
4
M. MAHATO
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,2915.5%
5
M. ASLAM
IND
1,9723.3%
6
G.P. KASHYAP
IND
1,6532.8%
7
KUDYUS
IND
1,2952.2%

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.

High turnout (4th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.2% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
4th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
174th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.8%SSP 38.4%PSP 7.1%BJS 5.5%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

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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