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Bihar · PC 14 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Saran and Champaran

Winner — Lok Sabha 1951

BIBHUTI MISSIR
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
BHOLA RAUT
Indian National Congress· 1,12,134 votes
INC 30.0%INC 25.5%6 others 44.5%
Votes
1,31,531
30.0% share
Winning margin
83,949
19.1% of votes
Total votes cast
4,38,883
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIBHUTI MISSIRElected
INC
1,31,53130.0%
2
BHOLA RAUTElected
INC
1,12,13425.6%
3
JAGAT NATH
SP
47,58210.8%
4
SHATRUGHAN RAM
SP
37,7388.6%
5
RAM RAKSHA UPADHYA
IND
30,0546.8%
6
BADRI NARAYAN
IND
28,9786.6%
7
BIDYA NAND GIRI
BJS
28,9596.6%
8
MANGAL PRASAD SHRIVASTAVA
KMPP
21,9075.0%

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

Average turnout (19th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 1.8% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
19th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
16th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.0%INC 25.6%SP 10.8%SP 8.6%IND 6.8%IND 6.6%OTH 11.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta
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Chandradhari Museum

🖼️MuseumWikidata
📍Google MapsOSM
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Darbhanga Planetarium

🖼️MuseumWikidata
📍Google MapsOSM

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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