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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 232 · 1969Reserved (SC)

Sahar

Winner — 1969

RAJDEO RAM
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 51.1%INC 17.8%4 others 31.2%
Votes
21,151
51.1% share
Winning margin
13,797
33.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
41.0%
of 1,01,090

Sahar is a safe seat — RAJDEO RAM won by 33.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJDEO RAM
Praja Socialist Party
21,15151.1%
2
BITHAL CHAMAR
INC
7,35417.8%
3
RUP LAL RAM
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5,84914.1%
4
VYAS RAM
Samyukta Socialist Party
4,21410.2%
5
KAILASH RAM
Left
2,4726.0%
6
RAM TAWAKAL RAM
LTC
3750.9%

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.

High turnout (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
33.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.6% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
37th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
199th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
153rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 51.1%INC 17.8%BJS 14.1%SSP 10.2%CPI 6.0%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

5 locations
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Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

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Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of…

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and boulder of Kauadol hill

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

🏛️MonumentASI

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillar

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