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Winner — 1972

RAMPRIT RAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.7%IND 32.0%3 others 20.4%
Votes
25,931
47.7% share
Winning margin
8,541
15.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.6%
of 1,05,445

Adapur is a safe seat — RAMPRIT RAI won by 15.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMPRIT RAI
Congress (R)
25,93147.7%
2
AHMAD KARIM SADDIQEE
IND
17,39032.0%
3
BRAJNANDAN SHARMA
7,96714.6%
4
RAM BARAN PRASAD
2,7925.1%
5
HARENDRA PD. CHAURASIA
Grand Alliance
3320.6%

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 (30th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.2% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
201st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
147th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.7%IND 32.0%NCO 14.6%SOP 5.1%OTH 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

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