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Winner — 1969

GANGA PRASAD SRIVASTAVA
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 32.9%INC 24.7%7 others 42.4%
Votes
17,098
32.9% share
Winning margin
4,239
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
57.8%
of 90,000

A clear win with a 8.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANGA PRASAD SRIVASTAVA
Samyukta Socialist Party
17,09832.9%
2
HARIBANSH NARAIN SINGH
INC
12,85924.7%
3
PARMANAND SINGH MADAN
Left
11,23921.6%
4
ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,4976.7%
5
GIRISH WANDAN SINGH
Swatantra Party
2,6025.0%
6
SURYADEO SINGH SEVAK
SHD
1,7863.4%
7
SHIV SHANKAR JHA
IND
1,1542.2%
8
SHUSHIL YADAV
IND
1,0462.0%
9
BRAMMDEO PRASAD SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
6931.3%

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 (141st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.7% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
141st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
199th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 32.9%INC 24.7%CPI 21.6%BJS 6.7%SWA 5.0%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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