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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1977
Bettiah
Winner — 1977
GAURI SHANKAR PANDEY
INC· INC
INC 50.2%JNP 43.5%6 others 6.3%
Votes
28,693
50.2% share
Winning margin
3,816
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
47.5%
of 1,20,301
A clear win with a 6.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAURI SHANKAR PANDEY | INC | 28,693 | 50.2% |
| 2 | MADAN LAL SINHANIA | Janata | 24,877 | 43.5% |
| 3 | ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | IND | 1,353 | 2.4% |
| 4 | RANJEET GIRI | IND | 826 | 1.4% |
| 5 | M. A. HAKIM | IND | 626 | 1.1% |
| 6 | CHHEDI KHAN | IND | 387 | 0.7% |
| 7 | SHEO SHANKAR PRASAD | IND | 247 | 0.4% |
| 8 | ARSHAD ALAM | IND | 149 | 0.3% |
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 (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.4% · max 37.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
131st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
211th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.2%JNP 43.5%OTH 6.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.