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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 128 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Warisnagar

Winner — 1951

DHANPATI PASWAN
Also elected — same seat
BASHISHTHA NARAIN SINGH
SP· 18,637 votes
SP 27.2%SP 21.5%4 others 51.2%
Votes
23,569
27.2% share
Winning margin
5,319
6.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
36.8%
of 1,17,412

A clear win with a 6.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANPATI PASWAN
23,56927.2%
2
BASHISHTHA NARAIN SINGH
18,63721.5%
3
CHULHAI RAM
18,25021.1%
4
LAKSHMI NARAIN ROY
14,99017.3%
5
NATHUNI MAHATO
IND
6,8497.9%
6
HANUMAN BHAGAT
KMPP
4,2164.9%

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 (107th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 2.6% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
107th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
223rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
130th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 27.2%SP 21.5%INC 21.1%INC 17.3%IND 7.9%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

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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