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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 87 · 1980
Baheri
Winner — 1980
RAMA KANT JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 49.5%JNP(SC) 31.0%6 others 19.5%
Votes
49,502
49.5% share
Winning margin
18,523
18.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
74.8%
of 1,33,590
Baheri is a safe seat — RAMA KANT JHA won by 18.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMA KANT JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 49,502 | 49.5% |
| 2 | RAM LAKHAN YADAV | JNP(SC) | 30,979 | 31.0% |
| 3 | KUMAR KALYAN JHA | Left | 8,550 | 8.6% |
| 4 | TEJ NARAIN YADAV | JNP(JP) | 7,569 | 7.6% |
| 5 | RAMA NAND SINGH | IND | 1,869 | 1.9% |
| 6 | ABDUL SUBHAN | IND | 816 | 0.8% |
| 7 | MANJUR ALAM | IND | 417 | 0.4% |
| 8 | RANDHIR KUMAR SINGH | BJP | 274 | 0.3% |
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 (183rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.7% · max 44.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
183rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
160th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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162nd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.5%JNP(SC) 31.0%CPI 8.6%JNP(JP) 7.6%OTH 3.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.