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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 221 · 1981 by-elections
Dumraon
Winner — 1981 by-elections
V.N.BHARTI
INC 39.2%CPI 29.6%11 others 31.3%
Votes
24,881
39.2% share
Winning margin
6,114
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
13
Dumraon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 6,114 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.N.BHARTI | 24,881 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | R.A.SINGH | 18,767 | 0.0% | |
| 3 | V.NARAIN | 12,522 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | J.SINGH | IND | 2,236 | 0.0% |
| 5 | N.B.SINGH | IND | 1,222 | 0.0% |
| 6 | R.P.TIWAREI | IND | 1,037 | 0.0% |
| 7 | H.C.SINGH | IND | 725 | 0.0% |
| 8 | D.RAI | IND | 720 | 0.0% |
| 9 | V.SINGH | IND | 577 | 0.0% |
| 10 | J.OZHA | IND | 290 | 0.0% |
| 11 | S.N.PANDEY | IND | 222 | 0.0% |
| 12 | J.CHOUDHARY | IND | 171 | 0.0% |
| 13 | K.M.CHAUBEY | IND | 132 | 0.0% |
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 (139th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.1% · max 32.3%
How contested is turnout?
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67%
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139th of 243How crowded is the field?
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2.77
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73rd of 243How much NOTA?
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2.1%
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78th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
7 seats · 4 majority
How did the vote split?
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— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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