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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1967
Dhanaha
Winner — 1967
Y. PRASAD
PSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
PSP 66.2%INC 14.9%4 others 18.8%
Votes
18,173
66.3% share
Winning margin
14,072
51.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
39.5%
of 69,383
Dhanaha is a safe seat — Y. PRASAD won by 51.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y. PRASAD | Praja Socialist Party | 18,173 | 66.3% |
| 2 | R. PRASAD | INC | 4,101 | 14.9% |
| 3 | M. PRASAD | Left | 2,879 | 10.5% |
| 4 | G.S. SINGH | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1,148 | 4.2% |
| 5 | P. ABIR | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 627 | 2.3% |
| 6 | S. MISHRA | JKD | 505 | 1.8% |
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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean51.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.4% · max 51.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
77th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
27th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 66.3%INC 14.9%CPI 10.5%OTH 8.3%
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?
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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.