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Winner — 1985

LOKESH NATH JHA
INC· INC
INC 46.7%CPI 21.9%12 others 31.4%
Votes
40,385
46.6% share
Winning margin
21,387
24.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
64.2%
of 1,34,914

Jale is a safe seat — LOKESH NATH JHA won by 24.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LOKESH NATH JHA
INC
40,38546.6%
2
ABDUL SALAM
Left
18,99821.9%
3
KRISHNA MOHAN SINGH
BJP
12,27614.2%
4
HIRA PRASAD SINGH
IND
7,0468.1%
5
SAYEEDUR RAHMAN
Lok Dal
5,2676.1%
6
MD. TUFAIL
IND
6810.8%
7
JHARI SAH
IND
6590.8%
8
MD. ABRAR
IND
2780.3%
9
SUSHIL KUMAR JHA
Janata
2410.3%
10
BRAHMDEV MISHRA
IND
1700.2%
11
SACHIDANAND PRASAD
IND
1620.2%
12
DOMAN THAKUR
IND
1450.2%
13
VIRENDRA KUMAR THAKUR
IND
1380.2%
14
SURESH PRASAD SINGH
IND
1150.1%

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 (14th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.2% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
14th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
155th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
124th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.6%CPI 21.9%BJP 14.2%IND 8.1%LKD 6.1%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️Shahi LitchiGI🏷️Sujini EmbroideryGI

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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