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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 18 · 2024

Mahagama

Winner — 2024

DEEPIKA PANDEY SINGH
INC· Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
INC 50.9%BJP 42.6%9 others 6.5%
Votes
1,14,069
51.0% share
Winning margin
18,645
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
67.0%
of 3,34,512

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

7 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.48 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEEPIKA PANDEY SINGH
Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
1,14,06951.0%
2
ASHOK KUMAR
95,42442.7%
3
JAWAHAR LAL YADAV
JLKM
5,1172.3%
NOTA
NOTA
2,9221.3%
5
MD. HARUNRASID
IND
2,1851.0%
6
MOHAMMAD KAMRAN KHAN
1,7830.8%
7
MD SAHAJHAN ALAM
IND
7430.3%
8
MOKKRAM ANSARI
IND
3820.2%
9
PAVAN KUMAR TURI
MARD
3570.2%
10
MD KHURSHID ALAM
IND
2890.1%
11
KRISHAN MOHAN CHOUBEY
IND
2740.1%

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

Average turnout (55th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.6% · min 4.7% · max 17.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
55th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
35th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.0%BJP 42.7%OTH 5.0%NOTA 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.48 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,13,551
Density
580 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,266 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population21.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 22.0%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity17.2%
Sanitation10.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

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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