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Winner — 1977

SAYEED
JNP· Janata
JNP 49.1%INC 42.5%5 others 8.3%
Votes
25,707
49.1% share
Winning margin
3,451
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
46.6%
of 1,12,234

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAYEED
Janata
25,70749.1%
2
AWADH BIHARI SINGH
INC
22,25642.5%
3
RAM GOPAL AGRAWAL
IND
1,4082.7%
4
SHIV SHANKER PRASAD
IND
1,1022.1%
5
MAHESHWAR MEHTO
IND
6861.3%
6
GOBIND BHAGAT
IND
6411.2%
7
DHANNI MISTRY
IND
5111.0%

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 (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
162nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
168th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 49.1%INC 42.5%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha

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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