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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 169 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Bakhtiarpur and Chautham

Winner — 1951

JIYALAL MANDAL
Also elected — same seat
MISHRI MUSHAR
INC· 19,917 votes
INC 23.9%INC 20.5%4 others 55.6%
Votes
23,242
23.9% share
Winning margin
4,066
4.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.6%
of 1,13,887

A closely fought contest. JIYALAL MANDAL won with a 4.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JIYALAL MANDAL
23,24223.9%
2
MISHRI MUSHAR
19,91720.5%
3
BAMBHOLA MANDAL
19,17619.8%
4
NAZIR HASAN
IND
18,17518.7%
5
MANILA SARDAR
12,33912.7%
6
PANCHANANDA DAS
IND
4,2614.4%

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.

Low turnout (200th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.7% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
200th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
155th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.9%INC 20.5%SP 19.8%IND 18.7%SP 12.7%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,36,342
Density
924 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
689 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.7%Muslim 5.9%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.9%
Electricity19.3%
Sanitation28.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.6%
Children underweight (under 5)37.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.5%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.1%
Clean cooking fuel40.3%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

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