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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2019

Poreyahat

Winner — 2019

PRADEEP YADAV
JVM· JVM
JVM 41.0%BJP 33.8%7 others 25.2%
Votes
77,358
41.0% share
Winning margin
13,597
7.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.7%
of 2,74,662

A clear win with a 7.2% margin.

Seat history

3 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.24 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRADEEP YADAV
JVM
JVM
77,35841.0%
2
GAJADHAR SINGH
NDA
63,76133.8%
3
ASHOK KUMAR
34,74518.4%
NOTA
NOTA
3,0781.6%
5
SIMON MARANDI
IND
3,0611.6%
6
MUHAMMAD ANSARI
BNJD
1,8331.0%
7
SANJAY KUMAR SINHA
BDlP
1,6480.9%
8
UMESH MISHRA
1,6390.9%
9
PRADIP THAKUR
RTSMJD
1,5390.8%

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

Average turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 6.2% · max 26.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
41st of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
16th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JVM 41.0%BJP 33.8%JMM 18.4%OTH 5.2%NOTA 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.24 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,13,551
Density
580 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,266 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population21.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 22.0%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity17.2%
Sanitation10.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

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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