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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 194 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Fatwa

Winner — 1972

KAMESHWAR PASWAN
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 56.4%INC 23.1%4 others 20.4%
Votes
29,549
56.4% share
Winning margin
17,433
33.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
45.8%
of 1,14,346

Fatwa is a safe seat — KAMESHWAR PASWAN won by 33.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMESHWAR PASWAN
Grand Alliance
29,54956.4%
2
KAULESAR DAS
Congress (R)
12,11623.1%
3
PREM PRADIP
Left
4,3958.4%
4
RAM CHANDRA MOCHI
IND
3,1095.9%
5
SARASWATI CHOWDHARY
2,2414.3%
6
RAMPRAVESH PASWAN
9451.8%

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.

Low turnout (238th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
33.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 56.4%INC 23.1%CPM 8.4%IND 5.9%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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