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Winner — 1969

BHUNESHWAR RAI
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 51.2%INC 48.8%
Votes
36,619
51.2% share
Winning margin
1,712
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
71.3%
of 1,00,310

A closely fought contest. BHUNESHWAR RAI won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHUNESHWAR RAI
Samyukta Socialist Party
36,61951.2%
2
VIVEKANAND GIRI
INC
34,90748.8%

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 (4th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.2% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
4th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
174th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 51.2%INC 48.8%

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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