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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Katea

Winner — 1972

ALGU RAM
NCO 63.6%INC 33.0%2 others 3.5%
Votes
20,979
63.6% share
Winning margin
10,097
30.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
35.0%
of 94,207

Katea is a safe seat — ALGU RAM won by 30.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ALGU RAM
20,97963.6%
2
NATHUNI RAM
Congress (R)
10,88233.0%
3
BADARI RAM
Grand Alliance
8402.5%
4
RAM PYAR RAM
Grand Alliance
3060.9%

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 (124th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 7.2% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
124th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
228th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
119th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 63.6%INC 33.0%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,23,574
Density
1492 / km²
Sex ratio
899 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,294 km²
SC population11.8%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.1%Muslim 21.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation20.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.2%
Children underweight (under 5)40.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate51.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.8%
Clean cooking fuel40.5%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

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