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Winner — 1977

RAJA RAM CHOUDHARY
INC· INC
INC 35.6%JNP 33.3%8 others 31.0%
Votes
15,947
35.6% share
Winning margin
1,032
2.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
42.8%
of 1,04,558

A closely fought contest. RAJA RAM CHOUDHARY won with a 2.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJA RAM CHOUDHARY
INC
15,94735.6%
2
BIPENDRA KUMAR VERMA
Janata
14,91533.3%
3
MOKHTAR SINGH
IND
6,57814.7%
4
HRIDYANAND SINGH
IND
3,8528.6%
5
RAMESH PANDEY
IND
1,9074.3%
6
AUSIHAR PRASAD
IND
4260.9%
7
GITA BIHARI SAHAI
IND
3710.8%
8
NASIRU RAHMAN
IND
3390.8%
9
SHANKAR NATH VIDYARATHI
IND
3370.8%
10
RAFIUDDIN MIAN
IND
790.2%

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 (213th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.1% · max 47.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
213th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
188th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.6%JNP 33.3%IND 14.7%IND 8.6%OTH 7.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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