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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 105 · 2005 (Feb)

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

BHOLA SINGH
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 28.9%CPI 25.4%7 others 45.6%
Votes
32,052
28.9% share
Winning margin
3,870
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
48.2%
of 2,29,749

A closely fought contest. BHOLA SINGH won with a 3.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHOLA SINGH
NDA (NDA)
32,05228.9%
2
KAMLI MAHTO
28,18225.4%
3
ABHAY KUMAR SINGH
25,66323.2%
4
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH
12,88811.6%
5
SANJAY KUMAR
3,0642.8%
6
LAXMI SAHU
2,8942.6%
7
NARAYAN PRASAD HISARIA
IND
2,7332.5%
8
ARUN KUMAR
BSP
2,1972.0%
9
CHANDRA BHUSHAN PASWAN
IND
1,1521.0%

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.

Low turnout (219th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.2% · max 38.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
219th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
161st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 28.9%CPI 25.4%INC 23.2%CPM 11.6%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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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