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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 196 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Rajgrih

Winner — 1962

BALDEO PRASAD
INC· INC
INC 56.9%SWA 34.0%1 others 9.1%
Votes
18,091
56.9% share
Winning margin
7,272
22.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
42.9%
of 74,137

Rajgrih is a safe seat — BALDEO PRASAD won by 22.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALDEO PRASAD
INC
18,09156.9%
2
RAMPHAL ARYA
Swatantra Party
10,81934.0%
3
YADU PRASAD
2,8919.1%

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 (172nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.2% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
172nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
224th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
82nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.9%SWA 34.0%BJS 9.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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