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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1957

Sitamarhi South

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Winner — 1957

RAM SEWAK SARAN
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 28.0%IND 24.4%5 others 47.7%
Votes
11,655
28.0% share
Winning margin
1,504
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
54.5%
of 76,534

A closely fought contest. RAM SEWAK SARAN won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM SEWAK SARAN
PSP
11,65528.0%
2
FATURI SINGH
IND
10,15124.4%
3
LEYAKAT HUSSAIN ANSARI
INC
9,00021.6%
4
JAIKISHORE NARAIN SINGH
IND
5,31612.8%
5
SATYANARAYAN PRASAD
BJS
4,16610.0%
6
RAMPRATAP YADAV
IND
8932.1%
7
UDIT NARAIN PURBEY
CNPSPJP
5061.2%

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

High turnout (13th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 2.1% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
13th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
232nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
22nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 28.0%IND 24.4%INC 21.6%IND 12.8%BJS 10.0%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,64,619
Density
1011 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,229 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population4.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.9%Muslim 38.5%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity13.4%
Sanitation13.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated62.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)47.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.0%
Women literate47.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Clean cooking fuel19.3%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Art🏺Jute🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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