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Bihar · PC 39 · 1971Reserved (SC)

Sasaram

Winner — Lok Sabha 1971

JAG JIWAN RAM
INC· INC
INC 65.3%NCO 27.4%6 others 7.3%
Votes
2,10,353
66.9% share
Winning margin
1,22,200
38.9% of votes
Total votes cast
3,22,156
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAG JIWAN RAM
2,10,35366.9%
2
MAHABIR PASAWAN
88,15328.1%
3
RAM PRASAD DAS
IND
6,4212.0%
4
DULAR CHAND RAM
IND
3,0341.0%
5
KAPIL RAM
IND
2,6270.8%
6
RAM KESHI PRASAD
IND
2,4550.8%
7
LAKSHMI RAM
JKP
7880.3%
8
SHYAM KUMARI
IND
4600.1%

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.

Low turnout (40th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
38.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.2% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
43%
lowerhigher
40th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
32nd of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.9%NCO 28.1%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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