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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 149 · 1951

Jhanjharpur

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Winner — 1951

KAPILESHWAR SHASTRI
INC
INC 36.5%SP 15.3%6 others 48.2%
Votes
7,931
36.5% share
Winning margin
4,606
21.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.2%
of 52,731

Jhanjharpur is a safe seat — KAPILESHWAR SHASTRI won by 21.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAPILESHWAR SHASTRI
INC
7,93136.5%
2
GUNESHWAR SINGH
SP
3,32515.3%
3
PATANESHWAR MISHRA
IND
3,12714.4%
4
GAURINATH JHA
RRP
2,72012.5%
5
KUSHESWAR BHAGAT
IND
1,9418.9%
6
KASHINATH MISHRA
IND
1,5577.2%
7
YADUNANDAN PRASAD
IND
5702.6%
8
KAPILESHWAR JHA
IND
5532.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (85th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 1.7% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
87th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.5%SP 15.3%IND 14.4%RRP 12.5%IND 8.9%IND 7.2%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

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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