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Winner — 1972

JAGANNATH MISHRA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 69.8%SOP 23.5%7 others 6.6%
Votes
55,089
69.8% share
Winning margin
36,542
46.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
81.5%
of 96,836

Jhanjharpur is a safe seat — JAGANNATH MISHRA won by 46.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGANNATH MISHRA
Congress (R)
55,08969.8%
2
RAM PHAL CHAUDHARY
18,54723.5%
3
TRIPATI NARAYAN JHA
IND
1,9422.5%
4
RAJENDRA JHA
Grand Alliance
1,1661.5%
5
RAM KRIPA YADAV
IND
1,1371.4%
6
GUNESHWAR SINGH
5080.6%
7
VIJOY SHANKAR JHA
IND
3380.4%
8
ANANT LAL SAHU
Grand Alliance
890.1%
9
KEDAR NATH JHA
IND
630.1%

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 (210th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
46.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 2.0% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
210th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
192nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
26th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 69.8%SOP 23.5%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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