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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 41 · 1969

Marhaura

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Winner — 1969

BHISHMA PRASAD YADAV
INC· INC
INC 31.6%SSP 22.3%8 others 46.1%
Votes
15,566
31.6% share
Winning margin
4,594
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
52.6%
of 93,614

A clear win with a 9.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHISHMA PRASAD YADAV
INC
INC
15,56631.6%
2
JANARDAN PRASAD SINGH
SSP
Samyukta Socialist Party
10,97222.3%
3
AMAR KUMAR PANDEY
SUC
8,23516.7%
4
JAI BAHADUR PARASAD
CPI
Left
3,4126.9%
5
SHAFI AHMAD
BKD
3,2276.5%
6
HARI NARAIN ROY
LTC
3,1626.4%
7
BIRLA SINGH
JAP
1,4763.0%
8
AMBIKA ROY
IND
1,2522.5%
9
KAMLESHWAR NATH ROY
BJS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,1552.3%
10
S. NARAIN SINGH MAHATHA
IND
8141.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (35th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.0% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
35th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
190th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
24th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.6%SSP 22.3%SUC 16.7%CPI 6.9%BKD 6.5%LTC 6.4%OTH 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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