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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Darbhanga Rural
Winner — 1980
JAGDISH CHOUDHARY
JNP(SC)
JNP(SC) 54.6%INC(I) 34.9%7 others 10.5%
Votes
41,290
54.5% share
Winning margin
14,851
19.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
67.9%
of 1,11,457
Darbhanga Rural is a safe seat — JAGDISH CHOUDHARY won by 19.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGDISH CHOUDHARY | JNP(SC) | 41,290 | 54.5% |
| 2 | JAGDISH PASWAN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 26,439 | 34.9% |
| 3 | BIJAY KUMAR MAHTO | BJP | 2,452 | 3.2% |
| 4 | BILAT PASWAN | JNP(JP) | 2,381 | 3.1% |
| 5 | JANAK LAL PASWAN | IND | 1,156 | 1.5% |
| 6 | BIKAU MAHTO | IND | 1,076 | 1.4% |
| 7 | YOGESHWAR PASWAN | 409 | 0.5% | |
| 8 | RAM SWAROOP RAM | IND | 322 | 0.4% |
| 9 | RATAN DEVI | IND | 161 | 0.2% |
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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.
Average turnout (97th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 1.2% · max 59.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
97th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
129th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(SC) 54.5%INC(I) 34.9%OTH 10.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.