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Winner — 1969

RAMDEO MAHTO
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 33.1%CPM 22.4%8 others 44.4%
Votes
17,263
33.1% share
Winning margin
5,567
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
58.1%
of 89,680

A clear win with a 10.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMDEO MAHTO
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
17,26333.1%
2
TAKI RAHIM
Left
11,69622.4%
3
RAMESHWAR PRASAD GOLWARA
INC
10,79920.7%
4
YOGENDRA THAKUR
Samyukta Socialist Party
9,00117.3%
5
RAJENDRA PRASAD VERMA
SHD
1,3302.5%
6
RAMANAND GUPTA
IND
6631.3%
7
RAM SAGAR PRASAD
IND
4510.9%
8
MOTIUL RAHMAN
Swatantra Party
3380.7%
9
SHANTA SINHA
IND
3130.6%
10
MAHABIR PRASAD
BCP
2500.5%

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.

Average turnout (110th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
110th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.33
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
214th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 33.1%CPM 22.4%INC 20.7%SSP 17.3%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet🏺Rice

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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