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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 143 · 1985

Kadwa

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Winner — 1985

USMAN GHANI
INC· INC
INC 50.8%IND 10.8%9 others 38.4%
Votes
33,362
50.8% share
Winning margin
26,288
40.0% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
58.4%
of 1,12,540

Kadwa is a safe seat — USMAN GHANI won by 40.0%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
USMAN GHANI
INC
INC
33,36250.8%
2
KHAJA SHAHID HUSSAIN
IND
7,07410.8%
3
BHOLA ROY
BJP
BJP
6,2779.6%
4
CHULHAI MANDAL
CPI
Left
4,4696.8%
5
HIMRAJ SINGH
IND
3,7415.7%
6
HARISH CHANDRA BI.
IND
3,0424.6%
7
RAJENDRA PD. YADAV
IND
2,6424.0%
8
SAFIQUR RAHMAN
IND
1,8682.8%
9
RAM SINGH
JNP
Janata
1,8202.8%
10
RABINDRA NATH THAKUR
LKD
Lok Dal
1,3482.0%
11
ABDUL ZALIL
IND
500.1%

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 (83rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
40.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.1% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
83rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
180th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
215th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.8%IND 10.8%BJP 9.6%CPI 6.8%IND 5.7%OTH 16.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,70,541
Density
1549 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,918 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity20.2%
Sanitation31.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.9%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Clean cooking fuel45.2%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chilli🏺Maize

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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