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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 108 · 1985

Cheria Bariarpur

Winner — 1985

HARIHAR MAHTO
INC· INC
INC 42.1%CPI 23.8%7 others 34.1%
Votes
29,925
42.1% share
Winning margin
13,045
18.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.6%
of 1,29,986

Cheria Bariarpur is a safe seat — HARIHAR MAHTO won by 18.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR MAHTO
INC
29,92542.1%
2
SUKHDEO MAHTO
Left
16,88023.8%
3
RAMJIWAN SINGH
Lok Dal
13,92219.6%
4
SAMIM AHMAD
IND
5,4597.7%
5
RAM LAKHAN SAHNI
BJP
2,4553.5%
6
GANESH MISHRA BHARTI
IND
1,0141.4%
7
RAMBALI SAHNI
IND
5660.8%
8
SHEO SHARMA PRASAD SINGH
IND
4870.7%
9
SIYA RAM MAHTO
IND
3350.5%

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.

Low turnout (203rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.6% · max 47.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
203rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
210th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
98th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.1%CPI 23.8%LKD 19.6%IND 7.7%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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