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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1962
Bhagalpur
Winner — 1962
SATYENDRA NARAYAN AGARWAL
INC· INC
INC 51.0%BJS 24.2%3 others 24.7%
Votes
17,190
51.0% share
Winning margin
9,030
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
52.6%
of 64,035
Bhagalpur is a safe seat — SATYENDRA NARAYAN AGARWAL won by 26.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATYENDRA NARAYAN AGARWAL | INC | 17,190 | 51.0% |
| 2 | SITARAM KISHOREPURIA | 8,160 | 24.2% | |
| 3 | AJIT KUMAR MITRA | Left | 4,831 | 14.3% |
| 4 | KASIM HOSSAIN | Swatantra Party | 2,105 | 6.3% |
| 5 | HARI SHANKAR SAHAY | Praja Socialist Party | 1,399 | 4.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (163rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 1.9% · max 26.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
163rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
3.1%
lowerhigher
18th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.0%BJS 24.2%CPI 14.3%SWA 6.3%OTH 4.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.