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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1980
Madhupur
Winner — 1980
KRISHNA NAND JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 54.7%BJP 18.8%11 others 26.5%
Votes
32,508
54.7% share
Winning margin
21,303
35.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
49.7%
of 1,19,629
Madhupur is a safe seat — KRISHNA NAND JHA won by 35.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRISHNA NAND JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 32,508 | 54.7% |
| 2 | AJIT KUMAR BANERJEE | BJP | 11,205 | 18.8% |
| 3 | PANCHA NAND ROY | 3,867 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | GOPAL CHANDRA PRASAD | 3,379 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | SHIV NANDAN MANDAL | IND | 2,370 | 4.0% |
| 6 | ASTANAND JHA | JNP(SC) | 2,078 | 3.5% |
| 7 | BINOD KUMAR MURMU | IND | 1,503 | 2.5% |
| 8 | GANGA KHAWARE | JNP(JP) | 590 | 1.0% |
| 9 | ABDUL WAHID ANWAR | IND | 544 | 0.9% |
| 10 | MD. SUHEL AKHTAR | IND | 512 | 0.9% |
| 11 | SURESH CHANDRA ROY | IND | 451 | 0.8% |
| 12 | DURGA MURMU | IND | 304 | 0.5% |
| 13 | NAVA KUMAR DAS | IND | 167 | 0.3% |
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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 (157th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe35.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.9% · max 35.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
157th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
94th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 54.7%BJP 18.8%INC(U) 6.5%JMM 5.7%OTH 14.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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