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Winner — 1969

DAROGA PRASAD RAI
INC· INC
INC 53.3%IND 42.0%6 others 4.7%
Votes
36,970
53.3% share
Winning margin
7,793
11.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
71.2%
of 97,469

A clear win with a 11.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAROGA PRASAD RAI
INC
36,97053.3%
2
NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGH
IND
29,17742.0%
3
YOGENDRA PRASAD
JAP
1,9362.8%
4
RAM CHANDRA PRASAD
IND
8391.2%
5
TEWARI RAI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2120.3%
6
RAMDEO SINGH
IND
1120.2%
7
RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
980.1%
8
SHEONATH SINGH
IND
680.1%

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 (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.6% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
23rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
202nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
102nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.3%IND 42.0%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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