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Bihar · PC 2 · 1967
Motihari
Winner — Lok Sabha 1967
B. MISRA
INC· INC
INC 37.5%PSP 22.3%5 others 40.2%
Votes
86,765
39.0% share
Winning margin
35,184
15.8% of votes
Total votes cast
2,31,462
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. MISRA | 86,765 | 39.0% | |
| 2 | A. KUER | 51,581 | 23.2% | |
| 3 | B. N. SINGH | 33,288 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | K. K. SINGH | 28,492 | 12.8% | |
| 5 | S. B. VERMA | IND | 9,956 | 4.5% |
| 6 | H. L. KUMUD | 7,576 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | S. S. PRASAD | 4,923 | 2.2% |
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 (7th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 4.3% · max 56.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
7th of 40How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 40How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
36th of 40How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.0%PSP 23.2%CPI 15.0%BJS 12.8%OTH 10.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
Figures are for Pashchim Champaran, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.