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Winner — 2020

Umakant Singh
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 47.7%INC 40.0%12 others 12.3%
Votes
83,828
47.7% share
Winning margin
13,469
7.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
63.8%
of 2,75,439

A clear win with a 7.7% margin.

Seat history

2 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.74 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Umakant Singh
NDA (NDA)
83,82847.7%
2
Abhishek Ranjan
70,35940.0%
3
Tripurari Kr. Tiwari @ Manish kasyap
IND
9,2395.3%
4
Santosh Kumar Gupta
3,5262.0%
NOTA
NOTA
2,9101.7%
6
Sheshnath Bharti
IND
1,3750.8%
7
Ramayan Yadav
IND
9380.5%
8
Munna Singh
IND
8750.5%
9
Ravisagar Bharati
ASPKR
7300.4%
10
Shekh Firoz
VCSMP
6900.4%
11
Om Prakash Jaiswal
IND
3460.2%
12
Bipin Nath Tiwari Alias Bipin Tiwari
LAJSP
3390.2%
13
Sanjay Ram
PSS
3220.2%
14
Rajeev Ranjan
TPLRSP
2970.2%

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

High turnout (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.3% · max 35.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
25th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
190th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.7%INC 40.0%IND 5.3%OTH 5.4%NOTA 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.74 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

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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