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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Jalore

Winner — 1972

VIRDA RAM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 43.5%BJS 24.7%2 others 31.8%
Votes
9,583
43.5% share
Winning margin
4,134
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
30.7%
of 71,714

Jalore is a safe seat — VIRDA RAM won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIRDA RAM
Congress (R)
9,58343.5%
2
TIKAM CHAND
Grand Alliance
5,44924.7%
3
JETHA RAM
IND
5,21223.7%
4
KESHA
IND
1,7898.1%

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 (118th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.3% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
118th of 199

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
71st of 199

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
22nd of 199

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
184 seats · 93 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.5%BJS 24.7%IND 23.7%IND 8.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,88,552
Density
368 / km²
Sex ratio
994 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,770 km²
SC population3.8%
ST population70.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.5%Other 3.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.6%
Electricity49.8%
Sanitation13.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.1%
Children fully vaccinated83.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.4%
Children underweight (under 5)25.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.9%
Clean cooking fuel27.3%
Health insurance97.5%

What's nearby?

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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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