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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1951Reserved (ST)

Jamtara

Winner — 1951

SATRUGHAN BESRA
JHP
JHP 58.9%INC 41.1%
Votes
29,128
58.9% share
Winning margin
8,801
17.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
66.2%
of 74,721

Jamtara is a safe seat — SATRUGHAN BESRA won by 17.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SATRUGHAN BESRA
JHP
29,12858.9%
2
MADHUSUDAN KISKU
20,32741.1%

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 (175th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.5% · max 31.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
175th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
205th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JHP 58.9%INC 41.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,00,843
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
638 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.5%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity1.9%
Sanitation23.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.2%
Children fully vaccinated84.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Children underweight (under 5)52.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.3%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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