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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 217 · 1969Reserved (SC)

Nawanagar

Winner — 1969

LAL BEHARI PRASAD
CPI· Left
CPI 45.1%INC 35.1%2 others 19.9%
Votes
19,477
45.1% share
Winning margin
4,332
10.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.0%
of 92,005

A clear win with a 10.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAL BEHARI PRASAD
Left
19,47745.1%
2
SITARAM PASWAN
INC
15,14535.1%
3
RAJESHWAR DUSADH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6,91316.0%
4
VISHWANATH RAM
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,6643.9%

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 (156th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.8% · min 0.5% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
156th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
107th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 45.1%INC 35.1%BJS 16.0%OTH 3.9%

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 monolithic pillar known as Lat

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

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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