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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1957
Dhaka
Winner — 1957
MASOODUR RAHMAN
INC· INC
INC 48.5%PSP 29.2%4 others 22.3%
Votes
12,721
48.5% share
Winning margin
5,061
19.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.2%
of 62,174
Dhaka is a safe seat — MASOODUR RAHMAN won by 19.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MASOODUR RAHMAN | 12,721 | 48.5% | |
| 2 | DAMODAR JHA | 7,660 | 29.2% | |
| 3 | DHARAMACHANDRA PD. CHAUDHARY | 2,830 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | NEK MOHAMMAD | 1,635 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | WAIZUL HAQUE | IND | 874 | 3.3% |
| 6 | DAROGA PRASAD | IND | 502 | 1.9% |
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.
High turnout (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.7% · max 35.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
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26th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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49th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.5%PSP 29.2%BJS 10.8%CPI 6.2%OTH 5.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%
What's nearby?
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