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Winner — 1977

AHDUL GHAFOOR
INC· INC
INC 54.2%JNP 42.2%3 others 3.6%
Votes
28,702
54.2% share
Winning margin
6,350
12.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
47.9%
of 1,10,556

A clear win with a 12.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AHDUL GHAFOOR
INC
28,70254.2%
2
MOHAMMAD RASOOL
Janata
22,35242.2%
3
KHUBLAL RAM
IND
1,1872.2%
4
JANARDAN PRASAD
IND
4210.8%
5
BALIRAM PRASAD
IND
2830.5%

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 (167th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.8% · max 39.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
167th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.27
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
196th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.2%JNP 42.2%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

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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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