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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 235 · 2005 (Feb)Reserved (SC)

Bodh Gaya

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

PHOOLCHAND MANJHI
RJD· RJD
RJD 45.2%LJP 21.8%14 others 33.0%
Votes
45,164
45.2% share
Winning margin
23,398
23.4% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
49.2%
of 2,03,024

Bodh Gaya is a safe seat — PHOOLCHAND MANJHI won by 23.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PHOOLCHAND MANJHI
RJD
RJD
45,16445.2%
2
MAUJI RAM
LJP
21,76621.8%
3
ANIL KUMAR PRASAD
BJP
NDA
12,12612.1%
4
MAMTA KUMARI
IND
8,0638.1%
5
SHARMILA BHARATI
BSP
BSP
2,8982.9%
6
RAM UDAY PRASAD
IND
1,3061.3%
7
NIRANJAN RAM
IND
1,2231.2%
8
KALI PRASAD
IND
1,2031.2%
9
KISHORE PASWAN
JHSP
1,0721.1%
10
RAJENDRA MANJHI
IND
1,0231.0%
11
SAUDAGER DAS
IND
9751.0%
12
BALCHAND CHOUDHRY
IND
9460.9%
13
TILESHWER CHOUDHRY ALIAS TALKESHWER CHOUDHRYY
IND
9030.9%
14
SURESH CHOUDHRY
IND
4500.5%
15
DHARMENDRA KUMAR NIRALA
SP
3980.4%
16
RAJ KUMAR PASWAN
IND
3380.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (211th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 2.0% · max 21.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
211th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
76th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 45.2%LJP 21.8%BJP 12.1%IND 8.1%OTH 12.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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