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Winner — 1985

RAM NIWAS
INC· INC
INC 43.6%ICS 24.8%12 others 31.5%
Votes
40,761
43.6% share
Winning margin
17,580
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
60.4%
of 1,54,607

Bathnaha is a safe seat — RAM NIWAS won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM NIWAS
INC
40,76143.6%
2
SURYADEO RAI
ICS
23,18124.8%
3
INDAL SINGH NAVIN
Lok Dal
15,31916.4%
4
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH
IND
6,1626.6%
5
RAM BAHADUR SINGH
Janata
3,2733.5%
6
NAGESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,9672.1%
7
NAND LAL THAKUR
BJP
9061.0%
8
CHANDESHWAR MISHRA
IND
5180.6%
9
VILAS MAHTO
IND
4620.5%
10
SHISHBATI DEVI
IND
2330.3%
11
YUGAL SINGH
IND
2200.2%
12
BRAHMADEO
IND
1610.2%
13
BHOLA THAKUR
IND
1470.2%
14
VIJAY KUMAR PATEL
IND
800.1%

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.

High turnout (2nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 4.8% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
2nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
147th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
169th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.6%ICS 24.8%LKD 16.4%IND 6.6%OTH 8.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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