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Winner — 1969

MOTILAL SINHA KANAN
SHD
SHD 40.0%INC 18.0%8 others 41.9%
Votes
26,517
40.0% share
Winning margin
14,576
22.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
63.7%
of 1,03,918

Hajipur is a safe seat — MOTILAL SINHA KANAN won by 22.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOTILAL SINHA KANAN
SHD
26,51740.0%
2
RAMBABU SINGH
INC
11,94118.0%
3
BRAHMDEV SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
11,58917.5%
4
KISHORI PRASANN SINGH
Left
9,96415.0%
5
BASAWAN SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
2,4203.6%
6
RAMNARAYAN CHAUDHARY
1,6162.4%
7
MAHAVIR SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
9591.4%
8
KAMLESHWARI SINGH
IND
5210.8%
9
SATYANARAIN SINGH
PBI
3650.6%
10
BRAHMDEV MAHTO
BCP
3390.5%

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 (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.2% · max 48.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
132nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
66th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SHD 40.0%INC 18.0%SSP 17.5%CPI 15.0%OTH 9.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

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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