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Winner — 1985

VIJAY SHANKER DUBEY
INC· INC
INC 37.5%JNP 30.7%8 others 31.8%
Votes
29,455
37.5% share
Winning margin
5,365
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
53.3%
of 1,47,474

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIJAY SHANKER DUBEY
INC
29,45537.5%
2
VIKRAM KUAR
Janata
24,09030.7%
3
ALI SANJAR
IND
7,6659.8%
4
RAMADHAR SINGH
Left
5,1356.5%
5
SHEO PRASSAN YADAV
Lok Dal
3,8424.9%
6
NAWSER SAH
IND
3,7394.8%
7
ALI AKABAR KHAN
BJP
2,7993.6%
8
SHANKER NATH VIDYARATHI
ICJ
7811.0%
9
SHEO DUTT BHAR
IND
5570.7%
10
MRITYUNJAY TIWARY
IND
4800.6%

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 (136th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 2.3% · max 38.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
136th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
104th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
39th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.5%JNP 30.7%IND 9.8%CPI 6.5%OTH 15.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Sikki Painting
🏛️

Remains of ancient fort or garh locally known as Raja Bali ka garh

🏛️MonumentASI

Remains of ancient fort or garh locally known as Raja Bali ka garh

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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