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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 127 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Deoghar

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Winner — 1957

SHAILBALA ROY
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
MANGULAL DAS
INC· 15,790 votes
INC 21.1%INC 18.3%9 others 60.5%
Votes
18,225
21.1% share
Winning margin
7,621
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
31.4%
of 1,37,289

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1951 vs 1957

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAILBALA ROY
INC
18,22521.1%
2
MANGULAL DAS
INC
15,79018.3%
3
AKLA DEVI
CNPSPJP
10,60412.3%
4
HARKHU MAHRA
CNPSPJP
9,88811.5%
5
GOKUL MAHRA
JHP
8,90910.3%
6
BRAJENDRA NATH SAHAY
BJS
5,9326.9%
7
BIDESHI MAHRA
BJS
5,1235.9%
8
LAXMI NARAYAN THAKUR
IND
4,2284.9%
9
KRISHNA PRASAD SAH
PSP
3,5004.1%
10
NAMITA SENGUPTA
IND
2,1712.5%
11
NEPAL DAS
IND
1,8252.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (161st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 1.2% · max 65.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
161st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
193rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 21.1%INC 18.3%CNPSPJP 12.3%CNPSPJP 11.5%JHP 10.3%BJS 6.9%OTH 19.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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