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Winner — 1977

BASAWAN SINGH
JNP· Janata
JNP 41.9%INC 33.1%13 others 25.0%
Votes
22,813
41.9% share
Winning margin
4,790
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
47.4%
of 1,14,937

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASAWAN SINGH
Janata
22,81341.9%
2
KHALID ANWAR ANSARI
INC
18,02333.1%
3
SIDHNATH SINGH
IND
4,6458.5%
4
KASHINATH SINGH
IND
1,9763.6%
5
KEDAR MAHTO
IND
1,9143.5%
6
YADAV RAGHUPATI SINHA
SSD
1,0451.9%
7
YADUNANDAN SINGH
IND
9671.8%
8
RAM GOBIND RAM
IND
9071.7%
9
SURAJANATH SINGH
IND
6931.3%
10
BACHUL SINGH
IND
4660.9%
11
INDRAJIT RAI VERMA
IND
3400.6%
12
SHANTI PRASAD
IND
2910.5%
13
GURUDAYAL SINGH
IND
1520.3%
14
RAJENDRA PRASAD CHOUDHARY
IND
1240.2%
15
RAJARAM GUPTA
IND
940.2%

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 (211th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 2.0% · max 21.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
211th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
76th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 41.9%INC 33.1%IND 8.5%OTH 16.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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