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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Tarkeshwer Singh
IND
IND 53.1%JD 26.3%33 others 20.6%
Votes
43,851
53.0% share
Winning margin
22,112
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
35

Masrakh is a safe seat — Tarkeshwer Singh won by 26.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

35 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Tarkeshwer Singh
IND
43,85153.0%
2
Chandani Devi
21,73926.3%
3
Harendra Kishore Singh
11,22513.6%
4
Nagendra Singh
1,6752.0%
5
Ram Babu Sah
IND
9751.2%
6
Umakant Tiwari
IND
7010.8%
7
Baham Dayal Singh
IND
3130.4%
8
Jitendra Kumar Singh
IND
2030.3%
9
Nurul Hoda Khan
IND
1590.2%
10
Rana Pratap Singh
IND
1570.2%
11
Shiv Dayal Mahtu
IND
1460.2%
12
Mahbub Alam Khan
IND
1390.2%
13
Shashi Bhushan Singh
IND
1330.2%
14
Bhushan Kumar
IND
1030.1%
15
Tani Singh
IND
1010.1%
16
Lal Bahadur Mahto
IND
920.1%
17
Anand Bihari Singh
IND
880.1%
18
Param Hansh Singh
IND
850.1%
19
R N Singh
IND
770.1%
20
Raj Kumar Pd Rai
IND
760.1%
21
Sunil Kumar Singh
IND
730.1%
22
Wakil Singh
IND
710.1%
23
Vijay Kumar Mishra
IND
630.1%
24
Yogendra Singh
IND
590.1%
25
Mohan Prasad Singh
IND
510.1%
26
Vijay Yadav
IND
470.1%
27
Kailash Prasad Gupta
IND
400.1%
28
Awadhesh Ram
IND
370.0%
29
Kameshwer Singh
IND
360.0%
30
Yogendra Rai
IND
360.0%
31
Om Parkash Singh
IND
350.0%
32
Satyendra Singh
IND
230.0%
33
Vinda Singh
IND
160.0%
34
Satendra Kumar Tiwari
IND
160.0%
35
Ajit Kumar Singh
IND
150.0%

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 (208th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.9% · max 60.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
208th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
230th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
150th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 53.0%JD 26.3%INC 13.6%OTH 7.1%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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