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Winner — 1969

TULSI DAS MEHTA
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 36.1%INC 23.3%8 others 40.6%
Votes
26,306
36.0% share
Winning margin
9,270
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
69.9%
of 1,04,329

A clear win with a 12.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TULSI DAS MEHTA
Samyukta Socialist Party
26,30636.0%
2
BHUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY
INC
17,03623.4%
3
BALBHADRA NARAIN SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
16,91523.2%
4
RAM SAGAR RAI
IND
4,8836.7%
5
RAMBILAS PRASAD SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4,5536.2%
6
BHOLANATH CHAUDHARY
IND
9821.4%
7
BRAJNANDAN SINGH
JAP
9531.3%
8
RAJNARAIN SINGH
6260.9%
9
NAND KISHORE KUMAR
PBI
5150.7%
10
SOHAG SINGH
SHD
1980.3%

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 (61st), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 1.6% · max 70.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
61st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.87
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 36.0%INC 23.4%PSP 23.2%IND 6.7%BJS 6.2%OTH 4.5%

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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