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Winner — 1980

ARUN KUMAR BOSE
CPI· Left
CPI 28.0%INC(I) 28.0%14 others 44.0%
Votes
13,336
28.0% share
Winning margin
24
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
46.9%
of 1,01,420

Jamtara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 24 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ARUN KUMAR BOSE
Left
13,33628.0%
2
MD. FURKAN ANSARI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
13,31228.0%
3
PARMANAND MISHRA
13,28527.9%
4
PRABHANJAN TEWARI
BJP
3,4037.2%
5
ANIRUDH SINGH
JNP(SC)
1,1802.5%
6
PARMESHWAR BASKEY
IND
5441.1%
7
TAPAN KUMAR BESRA
IND
5441.1%
8
FAZLUR RAHMAN
3430.7%
9
MD. KHALIL MIAN
IND
3290.7%
10
KAPILDEO THAKUR
IND
2990.6%
11
KUMUD HAZARI
IND
2820.6%
12
SHREE KRISHNA LAL GUPTA
IND
2490.5%
13
AMAR BAIDYA
IND
1420.3%
14
JHAGRU PANDIT
IND
1350.3%
15
SURAJ MANDAL
IND
1230.3%
16
CHANDRA KISHORE RAI
IND
1040.2%

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.

High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
40th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 28.0%INC(I) 28.0%JMM 27.9%BJP 7.2%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

What's nearby?

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