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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 200 · 1951

Palasi

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Winner — 1951

PUNYANAND JHA
INC
INC 60.0%SP 22.9%1 others 17.1%
Votes
11,252
60.0% share
Winning margin
6,956
37.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
28.8%
of 65,095

Palasi is a safe seat — PUNYANAND JHA won by 37.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PUNYANAND JHA
INC
11,25260.0%
2
RAJAQUE MOHAMMAD ABDUR
SP
4,29622.9%
3
KASHINATH JHA
IND
3,20817.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (158th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
37.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 2.4% · max 37.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
158th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
32nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
233rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.0%SP 22.9%IND 17.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice
🏛️

Ancient mound, Buxar

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound

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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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