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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1980
Benipatti
Winner — 1980
YUGESHWAR JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 36.7%CPI 31.0%3 others 32.3%
Votes
29,186
36.7% share
Winning margin
4,540
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.0%
of 1,24,342
A clear win with a 5.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YUGESHWAR JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,186 | 36.7% |
| 2 | TEJNARAIN JHA | Left | 24,646 | 31.0% |
| 3 | SHALIGRAM YADAV | JNP(SC) | 22,471 | 28.2% |
| 4 | NARMDESHWAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 2,359 | 3.0% |
| 5 | BRAJ KANT JHA | BJP | 900 | 1.1% |
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 (101st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean5.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.8% · max 44.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
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101st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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47th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 36.7%CPI 31.0%JNP(SC) 28.2%OTH 4.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,01,762
Density
1120 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,788 km²
SC population17.3%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.6%
Electricity5.8%
Sanitation13.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.7%
Women literate47.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.4%
Health insurance9.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.