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Winner — 1972

CHAUDRA SHAKAR SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 51.1%SOP 22.0%4 others 26.9%
Votes
22,280
51.1% share
Winning margin
12,697
29.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.0%
of 1,03,913

Chakai is a safe seat — CHAUDRA SHAKAR SINGH won by 29.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHAUDRA SHAKAR SINGH
Congress (R)
22,28051.1%
2
SHRI KRISHNA SINGH
9,58322.0%
3
PHALGUNI YADAV
Grand Alliance
9,45021.7%
4
BOLA VESARA
JKP
1,0232.4%
5
AWADLESH KUMAR SINGH
8852.0%
6
KAMLESHWARE MANDAL
IND
3960.9%

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.

Low turnout (200th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
29.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.7% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
200th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
155th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.1%SOP 22.0%BJS 21.7%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,36,342
Density
924 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
689 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Muslim 5.9%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.9%
Electricity19.3%
Sanitation28.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Children underweight (under 5)37.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.5%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.1%
Clean cooking fuel40.3%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

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