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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 182 · 1951
Colgong
Winner — 1951
RAMJANAM MAHTON
INC 57.4%SP 17.3%3 others 25.4%
Votes
16,944
57.4% share
Winning margin
11,851
40.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.6%
of 57,191
Colgong is a safe seat — RAMJANAM MAHTON won by 40.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMJANAM MAHTON | 16,944 | 57.4% | |
| 2 | TARINI GOSSAIN | 5,093 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | NAGESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | 4,739 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | KANTI PRASAD JHA | KMPP | 1,441 | 4.9% |
| 5 | MANGOLA NAND SINGH | IND | 1,304 | 4.4% |
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 (242nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe40.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 2.5% · max 55.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
41%
lowerhigher
242nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.07
fewer partiesmore parties
243rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
218th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.4%SP 17.3%CPI 16.1%OTH 9.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.