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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

SUCHITRA SINHA
LJP· LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
LJP 42.2%RJD 40.4%12 others 17.5%
Votes
43,736
42.2% share
Winning margin
1,842
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
50.9%
of 2,03,847

Kurtha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,842 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUCHITRA SINHA
LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
43,73642.2%
2
MAHESH PRASAD YADAV
41,89440.4%
3
PREM KUMAR MANI
NDA
5,5995.4%
4
RAJESH KUMAR
BSP
3,9953.9%
5
RAJESHWARI YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
2,7192.6%
6
ANUJ SINGH
IND
1,5681.5%
7
UDAY SINGH
IJP
1,0871.0%
8
RANJIT KUMAR PATEL
IND
7710.7%
9
SANJAY KUMAR SINGH
IND
6850.7%
10
VIMAL KUMAR
IND
6610.6%
11
ARVIND PRASAD SINGH
IND
3110.3%
12
KAMLESH KUMAR
IND
2860.3%
13
VIRENDRA KUMAR
IND
2660.3%
14
DEOCHAND CHAUDHARY
IND
1550.1%

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.

Average turnout (68th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.7% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
68th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LJP 42.2%RJD 40.4%JD(U) 5.4%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

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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