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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 182 · 1967
Choutham
Winner — 1967
J. MANDAL
SSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
SSP 60.7%INC 31.5%2 others 7.8%
Votes
35,320
60.7% share
Winning margin
16,979
29.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.1%
of 93,758
Choutham is a safe seat — J. MANDAL won by 29.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. MANDAL | Samyukta Socialist Party | 35,320 | 60.7% |
| 2 | G. SINGH | INC | 18,341 | 31.5% |
| 3 | U. CHOUDHRY | Left | 2,588 | 4.5% |
| 4 | R.S. YADAV | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,954 | 3.4% |
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.
Low turnout (242nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe29.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 2.5% · max 55.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
41%
lowerhigher
242nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.07
fewer partiesmore parties
243rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
218th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 60.7%INC 31.5%OTH 7.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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