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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 129 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Samastipur

Winner — 1951

YADUNANDAN SAHAI
Also elected — same seat
SUNDER MAHATO
INC· 15,022 votes
INC 19.0%INC 18.9%10 others 62.1%
Votes
15,161
19.0% share
Winning margin
3,306
4.2% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
32.0%
of 1,24,219

A closely fought contest. YADUNANDAN SAHAI won with a 4.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YADUNANDAN SAHAI
15,16119.0%
2
SUNDER MAHATO
15,02218.9%
3
RAM AUTAR SHARMA
11,85514.9%
4
KASHI PASWAN
11,61914.6%
5
YOGEHSWAR PRASAD ROY
IND
7,2799.1%
6
UMESH CHANDRA MADHUKAR
IND
4,8126.0%
7
RAGHUNATH PRASAD SINGH
IND
3,1614.0%
8
R.P. GHOSH
IND
2,8863.6%
9
KAPURI RAM
IND
2,4943.1%
10
MUNILAL DAS
IND
2,2292.8%
11
CHAKRA DHAR PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,7952.3%
12
RAJ KISHORE PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,3231.7%

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 (140th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.0% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
140th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
235th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 19.0%INC 18.9%SP 14.9%SP 14.6%IND 9.1%IND 6.0%OTH 17.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

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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