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Winner — 1985

AYODHYA PRASAD SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 42.4%INC 36.5%10 others 21.2%
Votes
32,044
42.4% share
Winning margin
4,472
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
55.6%
of 1,36,044

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AYODHYA PRASAD SINGH
Left
32,04442.4%
2
PREM LATA DEVI
INC
27,57236.5%
3
ASHOK ROY
IND
8,18210.8%
4
AMRESH SANDILYA
BJP
3,2844.3%
5
BHOLA PRASAD CHOUDHARY
Lok Dal
3,0114.0%
6
MAHESH KUMAR RAM
IND
3480.5%
7
RAM CHANDRA CHOUDHARY
IND
3330.4%
8
NIRANJAN CHOUDHARY
IND
2500.3%
9
TRIVENI CHOUDHARY
IND
2200.3%
10
SUNIL CHOUDHARY
IND
1300.2%
11
KRISHNANANDAN CHOUDHARY
IND
1290.2%
12
MADAN MOHAN JHA
IND
1260.2%

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 (237th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 0.0% · max 45.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
237th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
35th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 42.4%INC 36.5%IND 10.8%OTH 10.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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