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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 12 · 2019

Jarmundi

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Winner — 2019

BADAL
INC· Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
INC 32.2%BJP 30.3%25 others 37.5%
Votes
52,507
32.2% share
Winning margin
3,099
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
26
Turnout
71.8%
of 2,27,038

Jarmundi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 3,099 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

8 of 26 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.34 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

27 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BADAL
INC
Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
52,50732.2%
2
DEVENDRA KUNWAR
BJP
NDA
49,40830.3%
3
FULKUMARI DEVI
IND
17,31310.6%
4
SANJAY KUMAR
JVM
9,2425.7%
5
SITA RAM PATHAK
IND
3,9892.5%
6
TARNI PRASAD KAMAT
IND
3,4912.1%
7
BISHWANATH RAY
IND
3,4802.1%
8
AMRENDRA KUMAR YADAV
IND
3,1721.9%
9
MOHAMMAD RAZI AHMAD
IUML
2,3261.4%
10
BIRENDRA PRADHAN
LJP
NDA
1,8871.2%
11
SANJAYANAND JHA
BSP
1,8371.1%
12
DILIP KUMAR DUBEY
IND
1,5520.9%
13
MAHADEV YADAV
AITC
1,5310.9%
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NOTA
NOTA
1,4490.9%
15
MURARI KAPRI
HAMS
1,3430.8%
16
SHEKHAR SUMAN
IND
1,2910.8%
17
TIKESHWAR YADAV
SP
1,0180.6%
18
HANIF MIYAN
IND
9750.6%
19
JITENDRA KUMAR BARNWAL
MCO
8690.5%
20
SUSHILA DEVI
IND
6920.4%
21
ARPANA KUMARI
JD(U)
NDA
6690.4%
22
RAM JIVAN MANDAL
IND
6430.4%
23
RAJIV RANJAN MAHTO
IND
5260.3%
24
CHANDAN KUMAR VERMA
BALP
4990.3%
25
BABITA RAO PATEL
SAP
4850.3%
26
JAY NARAYAN MANDAL
JKPP
4670.3%
27
RAM PRIT RAJAK
IND
2900.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.5% · min 1.8% · max 9.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
31st of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
53rd of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.2%BJP 30.3%IND 10.6%JVM 5.7%OTH 20.3%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
8/26

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.34 Cr

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
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo

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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