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Jainagar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

SHYAM NANDAN MISHRA
INC 49.7%CPI 40.5%1 others 9.8%
Votes
88,936
49.7% share
Winning margin
16,577
9.3% of votes
Total votes cast
1,78,811
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAM NANDAN MISHRA
88,93649.7%
2
BHOGENDRA JHA
72,35940.5%
3
ANIRUDH SINGH
IND
17,5169.8%

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 (3rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 0.3% · max 50.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
3rd of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
22nd of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%CPI 40.5%IND 9.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,64,619
Density
1011 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,229 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population4.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

Figures are for Purnia, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.9%Muslim 38.5%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity13.4%
Sanitation13.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated62.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)47.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.0%
Women literate47.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Clean cooking fuel19.3%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Art🏺Jute🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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