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Winner — 1985

RISHIKESH TIWARY
INC· INC
INC 35.5%BJP 33.8%10 others 30.6%
Votes
30,670
35.5% share
Winning margin
1,485
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
50.2%
of 1,71,735

Brahmpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,485 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RISHIKESH TIWARY
INC
30,67035.5%
2
SWAMI NATH TIWARY
BJP
29,18533.8%
3
RAMA KANT THAKUR
Janata
11,17512.9%
4
SACHIDA NAND SINGH
Left
6,0477.0%
5
AJIT KUMAR CHOWDHARY
Lok Dal
4,0284.7%
6
JAG NARAIN SINGH
ICJ
1,7242.0%
7
SIDHNATH SINGH
IND
1,1771.4%
8
RAM BACHAN YADAV
IND
1,0411.2%
9
AWADH BEHARI PATHAK
IND
6240.7%
10
AMOGH HARENDRA SHASTRI
ICS
3730.4%
11
SHEO NATH PANDE
IND
1280.1%
12
PARASMUNI PANDEY
IND
1080.1%

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 (142nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 1.1% · max 24.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
142nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.53
fewer partiesmore parties
127th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
133rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.53EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.5%BJP 33.8%JNP 12.9%CPI 7.0%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

9 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
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Gopi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Gopi cave

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Karan Chaupar cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Karan Chaupar cave

Lomas rishi cave

Lomas rishi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Lomas rishi cave

Sudama cave

Sudama cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Sudama cave

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Vadathika cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Vadathika cave

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Vapiyaka cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Vapiyaka cave

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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