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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 5 · 2014

Pakhur

Winner — 2014

ALAMGIR ALAM
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 35.4%JMM 27.7%14 others 36.9%
Votes
83,338
35.4% share
Winning margin
18,066
7.7% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
80.8%
of 2,91,418

A clear win with a 7.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ALAMGIR ALAM
INC (UPA)
83,33835.4%
2
AKIL AKHTAR
UPA
65,27227.7%
3
RANJIT KUMAR TIWARY
NDA
64,47927.4%
4
KRISHNA KANT MANDAL
5,1702.2%
5
SHYAM CHAND MANDAL
IND
2,9521.3%
NOTA
NOTA
2,9201.2%
7
ASMANNARA KHATUN
JVM
2,7761.2%
8
ANAND TURI
IND
1,5530.7%
9
DIGAMBAR PRASAD SAHA
IND
1,4660.6%
10
MD. ASRAFUL SHAIKH
AITC
1,2900.6%
11
SHAMBHUNANDAN KUMAR
BSP
1,1640.5%
12
ALAMGIR ALAM
IND
6840.3%
13
AKHILENDRA CHANDRA PANDEY
IND
6580.3%
14
JAMIRUDIN SHEKH
5640.2%
15
BENAZEER HASEENA
UPA
5310.2%
16
PANCHANAN THAKUR
5240.2%

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.

High turnout (10th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 3.4% · max 28.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
10th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
56th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.4%JMM 27.7%BJP 27.4%OTH 8.2%NOTA 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,00,422
Density
497 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,811 km²
SC population3.2%
ST population42.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
46%HINDU
Hindu 45.5%Muslim 35.9%Other 9.9%Christian 8.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.1%
Electricity17.4%
Sanitation10.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births64.6%
Children fully vaccinated69.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER79.7%
Women literate41.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance52.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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