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Winner — 1957

VISHWESHVARI DEVI
INC· INC
INC 34.7%PSP 33.5%5 others 31.7%
Votes
10,921
34.7% share
Winning margin
378
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
49.7%
of 63,227

Saharsa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 378 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHWESHVARI DEVI
10,92134.7%
2
RAMESH JHA
10,54333.5%
3
BALBHADRA MISHRA
IND
4,32713.8%
4
BADRI NARAYAN SINGH
IND
1,8675.9%
5
JAGDISH NARAYAN MANDAL
IND
1,8445.9%
6
PARMESHWAR YADAV
IND
1,4424.6%
7
DEONARAYAN SINGH
CNPSPJP
4961.6%

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 (118th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 0.3% · max 37.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
118th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
83rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.7%PSP 33.5%IND 13.8%IND 5.9%IND 5.9%OTH 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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