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Winner — 1985

RAM LAL SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 36.1%INC 23.2%12 others 40.7%
Votes
30,956
36.1% share
Winning margin
11,032
12.9% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
57.9%
of 1,48,051

A clear win with a 12.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM LAL SINGH
Left
30,95636.1%
2
SHYAM NARAIN PANDEY
INC
19,92423.2%
3
SATYA NARAIN SINGH
IND
13,52015.8%
4
RAJ LALLAN SINGH
IND
9,78611.4%
5
RAM SINGHASAN UPADHAYA
IND
2,9413.4%
6
CHANDRAMOULI MISHRA
BJP
2,4052.8%
7
RAMJAN ANASRI
IND
1,8592.2%
8
PHARSANT RAM
IND
1,3941.6%
9
BIJAY SHANKER PANDE
IND
6580.8%
10
CHHOTKAN JAMAL
IND
6260.7%
11
SHEO SHANKAR SINGH
IND
5780.7%
12
SHEO PARIKSHA SINGH
Lok Dal
4340.5%
13
SHEO PUJAN BIND
IND
4070.5%
14
SHYAM SUNDER DAS
IND
3000.3%

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 (221st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
221st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
241st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 36.1%INC 23.2%IND 15.8%IND 11.4%OTH 13.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

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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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