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Winner — 2000

SARFRAZ
RJD· RJD
RJD 39.5%JD(U) 23.0%6 others 37.4%
Votes
44,274
39.5% share
Winning margin
18,499
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.3%
of 1,71,589

Jokihat is a safe seat — SARFRAZ won by 16.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARFRAZ
RJD
44,27439.5%
2
MANZER ALAM
NDA
25,77523.0%
3
BHUP NARAYAN YADAV
Samajwadi Party
15,74814.1%
4
JAWAD ALAM
AJBP
13,58512.1%
5
MANZOOR ALAM
INC
10,5959.5%
6
GOVIND LAL MANDAL
BJC(R)
1,0290.9%
7
SHAHID AKHTAR
NCP
6340.6%
8
MOVINUL HAQUE
AP
3360.3%

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.

Average turnout (54th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.6% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 39.5%JD(U) 23.0%SP 14.1%AJBP 12.1%INC 9.5%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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