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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 7 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Bettiah
Winner — 1957
JAYA NARAYAN PRASAD
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
JAGANNATH PD. SWATANTRA
INC· 23,616 votes
INC 36.7%INC 36.0%4 others 27.3%
Votes
24,035
36.7% share
Winning margin
17,274
26.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
29.6%
of 1,10,770
Bettiah is a safe seat — JAYA NARAYAN PRASAD won by 26.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAYA NARAYAN PRASAD | 24,035 | 36.7% | |
| 2 | JAGANNATH PD. SWATANTRA | 23,616 | 36.0% | |
| 3 | BHAWANI PRASAD | 6,761 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | JAGDISH NARAIN HARIJAN | 3,902 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | ABDUL KHAIR | 3,651 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | BINDESHWARI PD. SAHI | IND | 3,576 | 5.5% |
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.
High turnout (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean26.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.3% · max 35.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
25th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
190th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.7%INC 36.0%BJS 10.3%BJS 6.0%PSP 5.6%IND 5.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marcha Chura🏺Ready made Garments
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.