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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 129 · 1957Reserved (ST)

Ramgarh

Winner — 1957

SUKHU MURMU
INC· INC
INC 51.1%JHP 48.9%
Votes
11,331
51.1% share
Winning margin
472
2.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
35.2%
of 63,019

A closely fought contest. SUKHU MURMU won with a 2.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUKHU MURMU
11,33151.1%
2
MADAN BESRA
JHP
10,85948.9%

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.

Average turnout (140th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.0% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
140th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.1%JHP 48.9%

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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