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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Pipra

Winner — 1985

NAND LAL CHAUDHARY
INC· INC
INC 45.3%LKD 28.2%5 others 26.5%
Votes
24,823
45.3% share
Winning margin
9,374
17.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
49.6%
of 1,10,472

Pipra is a safe seat — NAND LAL CHAUDHARY won by 17.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAND LAL CHAUDHARY
INC
24,82345.3%
2
SAHDEO PASWAN
Lok Dal
15,44928.2%
3
TULSHI RAM
Left
10,96620.0%
4
SATYA NARAIN RAM
BJP
2,3884.4%
5
CHAINTAMAN BAITAH
ICS
5931.1%
6
CHANDRADEO RAM
IND
3510.6%
7
RAM LAKHAN PASWAN
IND
2210.4%

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.

High turnout (47th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 2.3% · max 60.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
47th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
143rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.3%LKD 28.2%CPI 20.0%OTH 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️LitchiGI🏺Seep Buttons
🏛️

Fort ruins, Sagardih

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort ruins

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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