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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1972
Motihari
Winner — 1972
PRABHAWATI GUPTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 42.4%BJS 28.5%3 others 29.1%
Votes
20,674
42.4% share
Winning margin
6,791
13.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
48.0%
of 1,01,536
A clear win with a 13.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRABHAWATI GUPTA | Congress (R) | 20,674 | 42.4% |
| 2 | CHANDRIKA PD. YADAV | Grand Alliance | 13,883 | 28.5% |
| 3 | NASI AHMAD | 12,859 | 26.4% | |
| 4 | RAM BIHARI SHARMA | 824 | 1.7% | |
| 5 | RAM CHANDRA SAHNI | IND | 480 | 1.0% |
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 (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.7% · max 35.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
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26th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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49th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.4%BJS 28.5%SOP 26.4%OTH 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%
What's nearby?
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