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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 129 · 1985

Forbesganj

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Winner — 1985

SARYU MISHRA
INC· INC
INC 40.8%BJP 23.0%12 others 36.2%
Votes
30,880
40.8% share
Winning margin
13,441
17.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
55.3%
of 1,36,974

Forbesganj is a safe seat — SARYU MISHRA won by 17.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARYU MISHRA
INC
INC
30,88040.8%
2
RAI BAHADUR KESHRI
BJP
BJP
17,43923.0%
3
M. YASIN
JNP
Janata
10,14413.4%
4
NAKCHATRA MALAKAR
CPI
Left
6,7738.9%
5
JAMARUDDIN
IND
2,2062.9%
6
DHALAI RISHI
IND
1,8522.4%
7
HIRANAND RAI
IND
1,6912.2%
8
CHANDRA N. DAS
LKD
Lok Dal
1,5742.1%
9
CHULAHAI BISWAS
IND
1,2061.6%
10
MANDESHWAR MISHTRA
IND
9211.2%
11
SHANKAR SAH
IND
4010.5%
12
IDRIS
IND
2490.3%
13
DURGA PD. RAI
IND
2430.3%
14
JITU MANDAL
IND
1690.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (140th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.0% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
140th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.8%BJP 23.0%JNP 13.4%CPI 8.9%OTH 13.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

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.

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