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Winner — 2020

Kumar Shailendra
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.5%RJD 44.5%7 others 7.0%
Votes
72,938
48.5% share
Winning margin
6,129
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.0%
of 2,58,884

A closely fought contest. Kumar Shailendra won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

3 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.54 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Kumar Shailendra
NDA (NDA)
72,93848.5%
2
Shailesh Kumar
66,80944.5%
3
Md. Haidar Ali
BSP
3,5532.4%
NOTA
NOTA
2,7161.8%
5
Md. Sanovar
IND
1,3640.9%
6
Gautam Kumar Pritam
SP(I)
1,0750.7%
7
Mahendra Singh Parchadhari
IND
7810.5%
8
Ajmeri Khatun
JAPL
5310.3%
9
Nidhi Bhushan
TPLRSP
5220.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.4% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
159th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
108th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.5%RJD 44.5%OTH 5.2%NOTA 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.54 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

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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