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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 211 · 1957

Gaya

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Winner — 1957

SARDAR MOHAMMAD LATIFUR RAHMAN
INC· INC
INC 45.5%IND 25.1%9 others 29.4%
Votes
9,299
45.5% share
Winning margin
4,156
20.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
40.9%
of 49,973

Gaya is a safe seat — SARDAR MOHAMMAD LATIFUR RAHMAN won by 20.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARDAR MOHAMMAD LATIFUR RAHMAN
INC
9,29945.5%
2
SHYAM BHIRTHWAR
IND
5,14325.1%
3
KOLIL PRASAD SIH
IND
1,4967.3%
4
SHYAM NANDAN SHARMA
IND
1,2246.0%
5
RAJKUMAR PALIT
PSP
1,1845.8%
6
AKLOO RAM MANJHI
IND
4802.4%
7
HABIBULLAH
IND
4542.2%
8
BALDEO PRASAD
IND
3471.7%
9
PANCHAM RAI
IND
2951.4%
10
KHIZIR QAIYUM
IND
2781.4%
11
MALTI TEWARY
IND
2501.2%

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

Low turnout (205th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 2.7% · max 48.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
205th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
158th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
110th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.5%IND 25.1%IND 7.3%IND 6.0%PSP 5.8%OTH 10.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Menthol🏺Sonachud Rice🏺Tomato

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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