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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 174 · 1980
Banka
Winner — 1980
THAKUR KAMAKHAYS PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 50.6%JNP(JP) 16.6%7 others 32.8%
Votes
29,552
50.6% share
Winning margin
19,863
34.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
53.5%
of 1,09,220
Banka is a safe seat — THAKUR KAMAKHAYS PRASAD SINGH won by 34.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THAKUR KAMAKHAYS PRASAD SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,552 | 50.6% |
| 2 | SIDESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | JNP(JP) | 9,689 | 16.6% |
| 3 | MANI MOHAN YADAV | Left | 8,892 | 15.2% |
| 4 | UTENDRA PRASAD MANDAL | BJP | 4,546 | 7.8% |
| 5 | SACHIDAN SINGH | JNP(SC) | 3,244 | 5.6% |
| 6 | NARSINGH PRASAD CHOUDHRY | 939 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | DAROGI ALI | IND | 673 | 1.1% |
| 8 | SALENDRA KUMAR JHA | IND | 484 | 0.8% |
| 9 | BRAJ MOHAN SINGH | IND | 366 | 0.6% |
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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.
Low turnout (201st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe34.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 0.8% · max 44.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
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201st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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51st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 50.6%JNP(JP) 16.6%CPI 15.2%BJP 7.8%JNP(SC) 5.6%OTH 4.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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