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Jashipur

Winner — 1980

SUNDAR MOHAN MAJHI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.2%JNP(SC) 22.1%4 others 36.7%
Votes
9,358
41.2% share
Winning margin
4,329
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
28.4%
of 80,076

Jashipur is a safe seat — SUNDAR MOHAN MAJHI won by 19.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUNDAR MOHAN MAJHI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
9,35841.2%
2
GHANASYAM HEMBRAM
JNP(SC)
5,02922.1%
3
KANHURAM HEMBRAM
4,45819.6%
4
PRANABANDHU NAYAK
IND
1,9818.7%
5
KRUSHNA CHANDRA SOREN
IND
1,4706.5%
6
RAKHAL CHANDRA PINGUA
JKD
4391.9%

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.

High turnout (25th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.3% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
25th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
56th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.2%JNP(SC) 22.1%INC(U) 19.6%IND 8.7%IND 6.5%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,81,255
Density
254 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,837 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population19.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.8%
Electricity44.7%
Sanitation16.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated95.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.6%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel31.9%
Health insurance45.5%

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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