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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 230 · 1967

Jagdishpur

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Winner — 1967

S. P. RAI
INC· INC
INC 28.9%SSP 24.7%8 others 46.4%
Votes
13,726
28.9% share
Winning margin
1,968
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
49.1%
of 96,703

A closely fought contest. S. P. RAI won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. P. RAI
INC
INC
13,72628.9%
2
K. B. VERMA
SSP
Samyukta Socialist Party
11,75824.7%
3
R. SINGH
IND
6,92414.6%
4
P. SINGH
SWA
Swatantra Party
4,4669.4%
5
S. P. SINGH
IND
2,6555.6%
6
R. P. SINGH
IND
2,6355.5%
7
C. PANDE
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
1,8513.9%
8
T. TIWARI
BJS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,7013.6%
9
K. K. VERMA
IND
1,3122.8%
10
M. SINGH
IND
5031.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (221st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
221st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
241st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.9%SSP 24.7%IND 14.6%SWA 9.4%IND 5.6%IND 5.5%OTH 11.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

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.

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