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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1969Reserved (ST)

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Winner — 1969

HARIHAR PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 33.7%CPI 26.1%4 others 40.2%
Votes
17,650
33.7% share
Winning margin
3,996
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.1%
of 98,541

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR PRASAD SINGH
INC
17,65033.7%
2
SATYANARAIN PRASAD
Left
13,65426.1%
3
PASHUPATINATH SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
9,82718.8%
4
VISHWANATH SINGH
4,3248.3%
5
SACHITANAND RAI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4,2088.0%
6
ASHOK KUMAR TRIVEDI
Swatantra Party
2,7075.2%

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 (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
56th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.7%CPI 26.1%SSP 18.8%BKD 8.3%BJS 8.0%SWA 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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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