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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 9 · 2009 by-elections

Jamtara

Winner — 2009 by-elections

Sibhu Soran
JMM 35.6%BJP 20.9%17 others 43.4%
Votes
42,668
35.6% share
Winning margin
17,632
14.7% of votes
Total candidates
19

A clear win with a 14.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sibhu Soran
42,66835.6%
2
Tarun Kumar Gupta
25,03620.9%
3
Abbu Talib Ansari
JVM
13,49411.3%
4
Virendar Mandal
IND
8,6867.3%
5
Md. Riyaz Ahmed
6,9095.8%
6
Amar Kumar Dubey
4,9074.1%
7
Mohan Lal Mandal
IND
3,8213.2%
8
Anwar Hussian
IND
1,8991.6%
9
Krishan Kumar Besra
1,8631.6%
10
Munna Mistri
IND
1,6091.3%
11
Chunulal Soran
JDP
1,5891.3%
12
Dauad Miyan
IND
1,3741.1%
13
Nipan Bhandari
IND
1,0920.9%
14
Parash Bhandari
IND
1,0830.9%
15
Rajeev Kumar Pal
IND
9380.8%
16
Madhusudhan Singh
JP
7760.7%
17
Aalata Devi
LJSP
7740.7%
18
Uttam Bhandari
IND
7560.6%
19
Ramashankar Thakur
IND
4310.4%

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.

High turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 2.8% · max 18.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
11th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
44th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 35.6%BJP 20.9%JVM 11.3%IND 7.3%JD 5.8%OTH 19.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,21,442
Density
351 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,761 km²
SC population6.0%
ST population43.2%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 79.1%Muslim 8.1%Christian 6.5%Other 6.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity22.8%
Sanitation9.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births60.3%
Children fully vaccinated78.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.2%
Children underweight (under 5)44.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.1%
Clean cooking fuel18.1%
Health insurance45.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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