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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Pun Pun

Winner — 1972

MAHABIR PASWAN
NCO 45.8%INC 37.5%8 others 16.6%
Votes
25,021
45.8% share
Winning margin
4,512
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
48.0%
of 1,13,754

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHABIR PASWAN
25,02145.8%
2
MUNGERI LAL
Congress (R)
20,50937.5%
3
MUNSHI CHAUDHARY
3,2245.9%
4
NARESH MANJHI
IND
2,1093.9%
5
RAJARAM PRASAD
IND
8541.6%
6
RAMARIKSHA RAM
IND
7871.4%
7
KAMAL NARAYAN CHAUDHARY
IND
7791.4%
8
CHANDAR GUPTA
IND
6041.1%
9
MAHABIR PRASAD
Grand Alliance
4570.8%
10
MOSAFIR MANJHI
IND
2800.5%

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.

Average turnout (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.0% · max 34.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
119th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
237th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 45.8%INC 37.5%SOP 5.9%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet🏺Rice

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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