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Winner — 1972

HARIHAR PRASAD SINGH
NCO 42.1%CPI 41.4%4 others 16.4%
Votes
25,238
42.1% share
Winning margin
423
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.2%
of 1,08,529

Dumraon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 423 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR PRASAD SINGH
25,23842.1%
2
SATYA NARAIN PRASAD
Left
24,81541.4%
3
PARMESHWAR NATH UPADHYA
Grand Alliance
3,8416.4%
4
BARMESHWAR SINGH
2,2863.8%
5
PASHUPATI NATH S. YADAV
IND
2,2073.7%
6
GANA PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,5122.5%

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 (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
56th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 42.1%CPI 41.4%BJS 6.4%OTH 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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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