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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 77 · 1980
Babubarhi
Winner — 1980
MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 40.5%JNP(JP) 21.3%10 others 38.2%
Votes
32,349
40.5% share
Winning margin
15,350
19.2% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
73.9%
of 1,07,964
Babubarhi is a safe seat — MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA won by 19.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 32,349 | 40.5% |
| 2 | DEO NARAIN YADAV | JNP(JP) | 16,999 | 21.3% |
| 3 | RAMESAR RAY | JNP(SC) | 14,729 | 18.5% |
| 4 | BALESHWAR SINGH BHARTI | BJP | 8,171 | 10.2% |
| 5 | RAM DEO CHOUDHARY | IND | 2,753 | 3.5% |
| 6 | MD. BADRUDIN | JNP(SR) | 2,354 | 3.0% |
| 7 | RAM LAKHAN JHA | IND | 927 | 1.2% |
| 8 | KULDIP NARAIN SINGH | IND | 676 | 0.8% |
| 9 | RAS BIHARI YADAV | IND | 350 | 0.4% |
| 10 | LOCHAN MOKHIYA | IND | 238 | 0.3% |
| 11 | RAM N. YADAV | IND | 140 | 0.2% |
| 12 | VIRENDRA JHA | IND | 115 | 0.1% |
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 (78th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.9% · max 28.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
78th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
3.3%
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16th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.5%JNP(JP) 21.3%JNP(SC) 18.5%BJP 10.2%OTH 9.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.