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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1957
Buxar
Winner — 1957
SHEOKUMAR THAKUR
INC· INC
INC 38.0%PSP 22.2%5 others 39.8%
Votes
10,793
38.0% share
Winning margin
4,476
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
46.2%
of 61,509
Buxar is a safe seat — SHEOKUMAR THAKUR won by 15.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHEOKUMAR THAKUR | 10,793 | 38.0% | |
| 2 | RAMNARESH SINHA | 6,317 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | RAGHUNATH SINGH | IND | 3,059 | 10.8% |
| 4 | SHRIKAMAL KOIRI | IND | 2,501 | 8.8% |
| 5 | UMANATH CHAUBEY | IND | 2,168 | 7.6% |
| 6 | CHATURBHUJ ACHARYA | IND | 2,035 | 7.2% |
| 7 | RAJADHARI CHAMAR | IND | 1,530 | 5.4% |
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 (103rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.5% · max 52.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
103rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
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91st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.0%PSP 22.2%IND 10.8%IND 8.8%IND 7.6%IND 7.2%OTH 5.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.