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Winner — 1972

MAYA NAND THAKUR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 46.5%IND 37.7%7 others 15.7%
Votes
28,450
46.5% share
Winning margin
5,373
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
61.0%
of 1,00,329

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAYA NAND THAKUR
Congress (R)
28,45046.5%
2
MOHAMMAD AZIMUDDIN
IND
23,07737.7%
3
VACHAN ALI
IND
3,3855.5%
4
GAYNESHWAR YADAV
Grand Alliance
2,8114.6%
5
SHYAM NARAYAN
1,1671.9%
6
DEO LAL ROY
1,0011.6%
7
DABIRUDDIN
IND
9831.6%
8
SURYA MOHAN THAKUR
IND
1670.3%
9
HSAN
Grand Alliance
1150.2%

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 (64th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.5% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
64th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.00
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
178th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.5%IND 37.7%IND 5.5%OTH 10.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

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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