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Winner — 1969

RAMSARAN PRASAD SINGH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 35.4%CPI 27.1%3 others 37.5%
Votes
25,243
35.4% share
Winning margin
5,939
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.6%
of 1,10,197

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMSARAN PRASAD SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
25,24335.4%
2
KRISHNABALLOV PRASAD SINGH
Left
19,30427.1%
3
SHYAM SUNDAR PRASAD
JAP
14,51720.4%
4
AWADH KUMAR SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
7,93411.1%
5
SITA RAM PRASAD SINGH
INC
4,2376.0%

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.

Low turnout (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 1.6% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
198th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 35.4%CPI 27.1%JAP 20.4%BJS 11.1%INC 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice

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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