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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 99 · 1967
Balsinghsarai
Winner — 1967
Y.K. CHAUDHARY
SWA 42.5%INC 19.3%3 others 38.2%
Votes
16,292
42.5% share
Winning margin
8,894
23.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
47.5%
of 80,597
Balsinghsarai is a safe seat — Y.K. CHAUDHARY won by 23.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y.K. CHAUDHARY | Swatantra Party | 16,292 | 42.5% |
| 2 | A.B. NAZARI | INC | 7,398 | 19.3% |
| 3 | P. GARAI | Left | 5,401 | 14.1% |
| 4 | P.N. CHOUDHARY | Samyukta Socialist Party | 5,213 | 13.6% |
| 5 | A.L. SINGH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 4,003 | 10.4% |
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.
Average turnout (109th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean23.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 1.1% · max 39.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
109th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
168th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
216th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 42.5%INC 19.3%CPI 14.1%SSP 13.6%BJS 10.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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