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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 188 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Belhar and Katoria

Winner — 1951

PIROO MANJHI
Also elected — same seat
SHITAL PRASAD BHAGAT
INC· 17,615 votes
INC 20.8%INC 20.1%5 others 59.1%
Votes
18,277
20.8% share
Winning margin
2,071
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
41.2%
of 1,06,560

A closely fought contest. PIROO MANJHI won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PIROO MANJHI
18,27720.8%
2
SHITAL PRASAD BHAGAT
17,61520.1%
3
SHREE NARAIN PRASAD
16,20618.5%
4
TARANANDA SINGH
IND
12,44014.2%
5
RAJMAL SOREN
JHP
10,93112.5%
6
TIKADHAR RAI
IND
10,14811.6%
7
CHEMKU BASKI
IND
2,1332.4%

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 (148th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.4% · max 50.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
106th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 20.8%INC 20.1%SP 18.5%IND 14.2%JHP 12.5%IND 11.6%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Brass Metal Work🏺Garments & Active Wear🏺Tikuli Paintings

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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