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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 132 · 1967

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Winner — 1967

K.N. SINHA
INC· INC
INC 34.6%IND 25.2%7 others 40.3%
Votes
14,754
34.5% share
Winning margin
3,998
9.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
50.9%
of 83,969

A clear win with a 9.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K.N. SINHA
INC
INC
14,75434.5%
2
M. SAIFUDDIN
IND
10,75625.2%
3
C. PRASAD
BJS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6,90716.2%
4
R. SINGH
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
3,3767.9%
5
N. JHA
SWA
Swatantra Party
2,4605.8%
6
P. PRASAD
IND
1,8294.3%
7
R. SINGH
IND
1,1332.6%
8
L.N. JHA
IND
8271.9%
9
R. HASDA
IND
6561.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (54th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.6% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
54th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.5%IND 25.2%BJS 16.2%PSP 7.9%SWA 5.8%OTH 10.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%

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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