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Winner — 1969

NITISHWAR PRASAD SINHA
INC· INC
INC 39.7%IND 26.1%5 others 34.2%
Votes
24,800
39.7% share
Winning margin
8,519
13.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.3%
of 97,233

A clear win with a 13.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NITISHWAR PRASAD SINHA
INC
24,80039.7%
2
JITENDRA PRASAD SINGH
IND
16,28126.1%
3
HIND KESHARI YADAVA
IND
10,18616.3%
4
CHANDRA MOHAN MISHRA
Left
8,04512.9%
5
RAM LAKHAN CHOUDHARY
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,9213.1%
6
GARIB BHAI
Praja Socialist Party
8781.4%
7
RAM SWARATH SINGH
3690.6%

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 (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 2.6% · max 22.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
19th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
164th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
204th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.7%IND 26.1%IND 16.3%CPI 12.9%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

What's nearby?

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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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