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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 165 · 1980
Pirpainti
Winner — 1980
DILIP KUMAR SINHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 39.4%CPI 36.0%7 others 24.6%
Votes
31,270
39.4% share
Winning margin
2,731
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
63.5%
of 1,24,820
A closely fought contest. DILIP KUMAR SINHA won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DILIP KUMAR SINHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 31,270 | 39.4% |
| 2 | AMBIKA PRASAD | Left | 28,539 | 36.0% |
| 3 | SHOBHA KANT MANDAL | JNP(SC) | 15,140 | 19.1% |
| 4 | BANSHIDHAR OJHA | BJP | 1,537 | 1.9% |
| 5 | KAVIRAJ VIDYA NARAYAN SINGH | JNP(JP) | 832 | 1.1% |
| 6 | PRASAD URAON | IND | 808 | 1.0% |
| 7 | RAM SARUP MAHARAJ | IND | 468 | 0.6% |
| 8 | RANJEET GOSWAMI | IND | 417 | 0.5% |
| 9 | SHRIKANT PANDEY | JNP(SR) | 287 | 0.4% |
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.
Low turnout (202nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.8% · max 45.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
202nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
158th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 39.4%CPI 36.0%JNP(SC) 19.1%OTH 5.5%
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.