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Winner — 1980

BIRENDRA SINGH
IND
IND 29.3%JNP(SC) 27.6%9 others 43.1%
Votes
28,572
29.3% share
Winning margin
1,687
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
73.4%
of 1,32,905

Jandaha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,687 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRENDRA SINGH
IND
28,57229.3%
2
SHIB PRASAD SINGH
JNP(SC)
26,88527.6%
3
ARUN KUMAR SINHA
JNP(SR)
17,46617.9%
4
RAGHUBANSH NARAIN SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
8,3898.6%
5
BRAJNANDAN PRASAD
6,7516.9%
6
RAJENDRA YADAV
JNP(JP)
4,9945.1%
7
RAMANAND SINGH
IND
1,7971.8%
8
UMESH PRASAD SHAHI
BJP
1,2311.3%
9
MOHAN PRASAD SINGH
IND
7900.8%
10
KISHORI SINGH
IND
5640.6%
11
SUSHIL KUMAR JHA
IND
570.1%

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 (92nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.1% · max 48.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
92nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
236th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
184th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 29.3%JNP(SC) 27.6%JNP(SR) 17.9%INC(I) 8.6%INC(U) 6.9%JNP(JP) 5.1%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

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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