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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1972

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Winner — 1972

JAI NARAYAN MEHTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 34.5%IND 23.2%8 others 42.3%
Votes
19,555
34.5% share
Winning margin
6,406
11.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
53.0%
of 1,07,072

A clear win with a 11.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI NARAYAN MEHTA
INC
Congress (R)
19,55534.5%
2
SURYA NARAIN SINGH YADAV
IND
13,14923.2%
3
KALIKA PRASAD SINGH
SOP
7,77913.7%
4
KAMESHWAR PD. CHOUDHARY
NCO
5,79610.2%
5
KEDAR NATH CHOUDHARY
BJS
Grand Alliance
3,5596.3%
6
LALITESH PATNAIK
IND
2,0633.6%
7
MANDAL MANJHI
IND
1,8333.2%
8
SATA KUMAR SINGH
IND
1,7683.1%
9
RAJKISHOR PRASAD YADAV
CPM
Left
7921.4%
10
RASIK KISKU
IND
4020.7%

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

Average turnout (160th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.2% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
160th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.5%IND 23.2%SOP 13.7%NCO 10.2%BJS 6.3%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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