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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1980
Mahagama
Winner — 1980
AWADH BIHARI SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 46.4%JNP(SC) 26.6%8 others 27.0%
Votes
35,405
46.4% share
Winning margin
15,124
19.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
58.7%
of 1,29,951
Mahagama is a safe seat — AWADH BIHARI SINGH won by 19.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWADH BIHARI SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 35,405 | 46.4% |
| 2 | SIDIQUE | JNP(SC) | 20,281 | 26.6% |
| 3 | PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 7,004 | 9.2% |
| 4 | TAMIJ UDDIN | IND | 3,853 | 5.0% |
| 5 | ANWARUL | 2,981 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | BATESHWAR SINGH | IND | 2,841 | 3.7% |
| 7 | ADHIK LAL YADAV | BJP | 1,573 | 2.1% |
| 8 | BUDHINATH RAM | IND | 950 | 1.2% |
| 9 | SUVODH JHA | IND | 894 | 1.2% |
| 10 | PURAN MANDAL | IND | 541 | 0.7% |
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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 (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
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162nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
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168th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.4%JNP(SC) 26.6%JNP(JP) 9.2%IND 5.0%OTH 12.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%
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.