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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 178 · 1980
Jhajha
Winner — 1980
SHIV NANDAN PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 38.6%JNP(SC) 24.0%4 others 37.3%
Votes
20,413
38.6% share
Winning margin
7,712
14.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
52.5%
of 1,00,600
A clear win with a 14.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIV NANDAN PRASAD |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 20,413 | 38.6% |
| 2 | SHIV NANDAN JHA | JNP(SC) | 12,701 | 24.0% |
| 3 | SHRI KRISHNA SINGH | JNP(JP) | 11,872 | 22.5% |
| 4 | MAHMAD QAMRUL HAUDA | IND | 7,234 | 13.7% |
| 5 | MOHMAD SALIM ANSARI | IND | 334 | 0.6% |
| 6 | SAHDEO YADAV | IND | 286 | 0.5% |
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 (165th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe14.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.8% · max 56.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
165th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
43rd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 38.6%JNP(SC) 24.0%JNP(JP) 22.5%IND 13.7%OTH 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.