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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 160 · 2000Reserved (ST)

Dumka

Winner — 2000

STEPHEN MARANDI
JMM· JMM
JMM 45.4%BJP 33.6%6 others 21.0%
Votes
43,010
45.4% share
Winning margin
11,222
11.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
55.5%
of 1,70,567

A clear win with a 11.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
STEPHEN MARANDI
JMM
43,01045.4%
2
SATISH SOREN
NDA
31,78833.6%
3
RAMESH HEMBROM
INC
15,75516.6%
4
MASI CHARAN HANSDA
2,4062.5%
5
VIJAY KUMAR SONI
RJD
1,0671.1%
6
SILAS BASKEY
AMB
4390.5%
7
MATU MURMU
IND
1320.1%
8
SONA MURMU
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.

Average turnout (57th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.1% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
57th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
213th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
166th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 45.4%BJP 33.6%INC 16.6%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banka Silk🏷️Katarni RiceGI

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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