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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 214 · 1978 by-elections
Sandesh
Winner — 1978 by-elections
S.SINGH
INC 36.0%INC(I) 29.5%17 others 34.5%
Votes
27,908
36.0% share
Winning margin
5,012
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
19
Sandesh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 5,012 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.SINGH | 27,908 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | T.SINGH |  INC(I) | 22,896 | 0.0% |
| 3 | S.N.SINGH | 7,117 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | P.CHAUDHARY | IND | 3,886 | 0.0% |
| 5 | V.B.SINGH | IND | 3,763 | 0.0% |
| 6 | P.KUMAR | IND | 3,677 | 0.0% |
| 7 | L.SINGH | IND | 3,264 | 0.0% |
| 8 | J.SINGH | IND | 1,213 | 0.0% |
| 9 | R.ANSARI | IND | 1,173 | 0.0% |
| 10 | K.SINGH | IND | 528 | 0.0% |
| 11 | B.SINGH | IND | 419 | 0.0% |
| 12 | S.N.SINGH | IND | 357 | 0.0% |
| 13 | D.PRASAD | IND | 320 | 0.0% |
| 14 | R.A.CHAUDHARY | IND | 295 | 0.0% |
| 15 | M.SHARMA | IND | 208 | 0.0% |
| 16 | V.B.SINGH | IND | 176 | 0.0% |
| 17 | S.MOHAN | IND | 160 | 0.0% |
| 18 | H.L.SINGH | IND | 106 | 0.0% |
| 19 | S.SINGH | IND | 104 | 0.0% |
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 (181st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 4.4% · max 35.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
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181st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
83rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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228th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,00,843
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
638 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.5%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity1.9%
Sanitation23.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.2%
Children fully vaccinated84.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Children underweight (under 5)52.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.3%
Health insurance15.6%
What's nearby?
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