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Winner — 1959 by-elections

S. DEVI
INC 39.3%BJS 38.1%4 others 22.6%
Votes
10,639
39.3% share
Winning margin
333
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
6

Siwan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 333 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. DEVI
10,6390.0%
2
J. TIWARY
10,3060.0%
3
J. SINGH
COM
3,1390.0%
4
SMT. TARARANI
2,3060.0%
5
S. SINGH
IND
6090.0%
6
S.P. AGARWAL
IND
770.0%

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 (124th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 7.2% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
124th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
228th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
119th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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