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Bihar · PC 3 · 1971

Bettiah

Winner — Lok Sabha 1971

KAMAL NATH TIWARI
INC· INC
INC 71.4%IND 17.4%2 others 11.2%
Votes
1,45,965
72.7% share
Winning margin
1,10,377
55.0% of votes
Total votes cast
2,04,520
Candidates
4
Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMAL NATH TIWARI
1,45,96572.7%
2
RANVIJAI SAHI
IND
35,58817.7%
3
AMBIKA PRASAD SINGH
16,1218.0%
4
FAIAZUL AZAM
IND
3,0891.5%

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.

Average turnout (10th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
55.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.2% · min 1.6% · max 55.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
10th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 72.7%IND 17.7%SSP 8.0%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️LitchiGI🏺Seep Buttons
Buddhist stupa

Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist stupa

🏛️

Fort ruins, Sagardih

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort ruins

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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