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Winner — 1980

RAJKUMAR PURBEY
CPI· Left
CPI 36.6%INC(I) 29.5%7 others 33.9%
Votes
37,077
36.6% share
Winning margin
7,149
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
71.4%
of 1,41,862

A clear win with a 7.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJKUMAR PURBEY
Left
37,07736.6%
2
AZIZ NOORUDIN
INC(I)
Congress (I)
29,92829.5%
3
ILIYASH
IND
10,0279.9%
4
SHYAM KRISHNA
JNP(JP)
8,9328.8%
5
KULESH KUMAR CHOWDHARY
BJP
7,0667.0%
6
SHIV NARAIN BHANDARI
IND
5,2005.1%
7
HARSHIT WATI
JNP(SC)
2,7692.7%
8
SAMIM AHMAD
IND
1780.2%
9
RUDAL SADA
IND
1500.1%

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 (116th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 6.5% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
116th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
30th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 36.6%INC(I) 29.5%IND 9.9%JNP(JP) 8.8%BJP 7.0%IND 5.1%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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