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Winner — 1985

SIYARAM RAI
INC· INC
INC 44.7%IND 21.5%12 others 33.8%
Votes
33,506
44.7% share
Winning margin
17,398
23.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
63.0%
of 1,18,970

Belhar is a safe seat — SIYARAM RAI won by 23.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SIYARAM RAI
INC
33,50644.7%
2
CHANDRA MAULESHWAR SINGH
IND
16,10821.5%
3
CHATURBHUJ PRASAD SINGH
Lok Dal
13,41517.9%
4
SUSHIL K. YADAV
BJP
5,6747.6%
5
RAJENDRA PANDIT
Janata
3,6264.8%
6
SHIVNANDAN DAS
IND
7791.0%
7
BALARAM PRASAD SINGH
IND
7130.9%
8
RAMDEO SHARMA
IND
2630.3%
9
NIAMUL MIAN
IND
2310.3%
10
BINDESHWARI MANDAL
IND
1820.2%
11
SAHDEO PANDIT
1730.2%
12
PRAVEEN KUMAR SHARMA
IND
1300.2%
13
NAND KISHORE PANDIT
IND
1030.1%
14
SHAKUNTALA DEVI
IND
880.1%

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.

Average turnout (186th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.0% · max 24.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
186th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
195th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
89th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%IND 21.5%LKD 17.9%BJP 7.6%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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