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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 212 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Paraiyahat and Jarmundih

Winner — 1951

JAGDISH NARAIN MANDAL
Also elected — same seat
CHUNKA HEMBROM
JHP· 20,491 votes
INC 19.2%JHP 18.6%11 others 62.3%
Votes
21,160
19.2% share
Winning margin
1,998
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
44.8%
of 1,23,260

Paraiyahat and Jarmundih was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,998 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDISH NARAIN MANDAL
21,16019.2%
2
CHUNKA HEMBROM
JHP
20,49118.6%
3
BANJAMIN HANSDA
JHP
19,16217.4%
4
SOMAI HEMBROM
17,60615.9%
5
SONATH RAUT
IND
9,4978.6%
6
BIJOY KRISHNA JHA
IND
5,3364.8%
7
CHANDRA BHUSAN PRASAD
4,3103.9%
8
HARI PRASAD SINGH
IND
3,3723.1%
9
PRAYAG DUTTA THAKUR
IND
2,7992.5%
10
PADAN MARANDI
IND
2,0421.9%
11
SHALIGRAM THAKUR
IND
1,8631.7%
12
BADRI BHAGAT
IND
1,4461.3%
13
DIP NARAIN CHOUDHARY
KMPP
1,2871.2%

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 (179th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
179th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
198th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
180th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 19.2%JHP 18.6%JHP 17.4%INC 15.9%IND 8.6%OTH 20.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Menthol🏺Sonachud Rice🏺Tomato

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