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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1995
Bettiah
Winner — 1995
BIRVAL YADAVA
JD· Janata Dal
JD 30.4%BJP 30.0%26 others 39.6%
Votes
38,861
30.4% share
Winning margin
505
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
28
Turnout
56.6%
of 2,25,818
Bettiah was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 505 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
28 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIRVAL YADAVA | Janata Dal | 38,861 | 30.4% |
| 2 | DR. MADAN PRASAD JAISWAL | BJP | 38,356 | 30.0% |
| 3 | AHMAD ALI | Left | 17,498 | 13.7% |
| 4 | DR. N.N. SHAHI | 12,880 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | ANIL KUMAR PANDEY | CVP | 6,198 | 4.8% |
| 6 | RANA VIJAY SINGH | BPP | 3,146 | 2.5% |
| 7 | JAMIL AHMAD KHAN | INC | 2,010 | 1.6% |
| 8 | RAMDEO MAHTO | IND | 1,485 | 1.2% |
| 9 | JAGARNATH PD. YADAVA | Samajwadi Party | 973 | 0.8% |
| 10 | SHAMBHU SHARMA | 784 | 0.6% | |
| 11 | KRISHNA PRASAD | IND | 749 | 0.6% |
| 12 | MD. NAZIB | 732 | 0.6% | |
| 13 | BINAY KUMAR BAGI | IND | 551 | 0.4% |
| 14 | DEWI SHANKER PRASAD | IND | 442 | 0.3% |
| 15 | MAYA SINHA | SJP(R) | 419 | 0.3% |
| 16 | ASHOK CHAUDHARY | IND | 409 | 0.3% |
| 17 | JAMIL BHAI | IND | 391 | 0.3% |
| 18 | SATYENDRA PRASAD RAI | IND | 335 | 0.3% |
| 19 | SHAYAMAKANT TIWARI | IND | 287 | 0.2% |
| 20 | SAIYED SHAH JAHAN AHMAD | IND | 230 | 0.2% |
| 21 | BRAHMA NAND PANDEY | IND | 195 | 0.1% |
| 22 | RADHA SINGH | IND | 173 | 0.1% |
| 23 | BHOLA PRASAD | IND | 172 | 0.1% |
| 24 | BIHARILAL PRASAD | IND | 170 | 0.1% |
| 25 | SUMAN KUMAR | IND | 125 | 0.1% |
| 26 | MOHAN LAL KHETAN | IND | 123 | 0.1% |
| 27 | SHEYAMLENDU BOS | IND | 119 | 0.1% |
| 28 | ARJUN PRASAD | IND | 85 | 0.1% |
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 (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.4% · max 37.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
131st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
211th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 30.4%BJP 30.0%CPI 13.7%SAP 10.1%OTH 15.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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