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Winner — 1977

HARI NARAIN SINGH
JNP· Janata
JNP 54.5%INC 31.7%8 others 13.7%
Votes
38,085
54.5% share
Winning margin
15,944
22.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
65.9%
of 1,06,030

Chandi is a safe seat — HARI NARAIN SINGH won by 22.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI NARAIN SINGH
Janata
38,08554.5%
2
KESHWAR PRASAD
INC
22,14131.7%
3
GOPAL PRASAD
IND
3,1884.6%
4
SITA RAM PASWAN
IND
3,0544.4%
5
PUNESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,6602.4%
6
RAM ISHWAR CHAUHAN
IND
9711.4%
7
SHAKUNTALA DEVI MATHUR
IND
2420.3%
8
PARASNATH PRASAD
IND
2040.3%
9
SHEONANDAN PRASAD
IND
1640.2%
10
RAM BRICHH SINGH
IND
1180.2%

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.

Low turnout (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 1.6% · max 38.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
198th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 54.5%INC 31.7%OTH 13.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice

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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