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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 149 · 2000Reserved (ST)

Barhait

Winner — 2000

HEMLAL MURMU
JMM· JMM
JMM 67.6%INC 28.9%7 others 3.6%
Votes
66,599
67.6% share
Winning margin
38,126
38.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
68.6%
of 1,43,627

Barhait is a safe seat — HEMLAL MURMU won by 38.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HEMLAL MURMU
JMM
66,59967.6%
2
LOURENS HANSDA
INC
28,47328.9%
3
MASIH SOREN
NDA
1,8071.8%
4
GYAN DEO TUDU
RJD
5240.5%
5
JOSEPH SOREN
IND
4250.4%
6
BUDHRAY MURMU
Samajwadi Party
3960.4%
7
MOSAI KISKU
IND
1750.2%
8
LAURANCE SOREN
IND
1050.1%
9
HABIL MARANDI
IND
680.1%

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 (85th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
38.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 1.7% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
87th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 67.6%INC 28.9%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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