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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 238 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Ranchi

Winner — 1951

RAM RATAN RAM
Also elected — same seat
PAUL DAYAL
JHP· 12,603 votes
INC 16.2%JHP 15.4%11 others 68.4%
Votes
13,292
16.2% share
Winning margin
1,140
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
33.7%
of 1,21,660

Ranchi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,140 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM RATAN RAM
13,29216.2%
2
PAUL DAYAL
JHP
12,60315.4%
3
ANUPURNA SINGH
12,15214.8%
4
SACHIDANAND RAY
JHP
12,02314.7%
5
AMBIKA PRASAD NATH SAHU
8,50310.4%
6
LOLICHAND
6,3827.8%
7
NAGESHWAR PRASAD
4,4425.4%
8
SYED MOHIUDDIN AHMAD
IND
3,0083.7%
9
BIDHU BHUSHAN BHOMIK
2,7163.3%
10
DWARIKA PRASAD
IND
2,4643.0%
11
AWADH NATH CHAUBE
IND
2,0272.5%
12
BAIJNATH SAHAY
IND
1,3811.7%
13
KALICHARAN PODDAR
IND
1,0481.3%

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 (233rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
233rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.49
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
46th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 16.2%JHP 15.4%INC 14.8%JHP 14.7%CNSPJP 10.4%CNSPJP 7.8%OTH 20.8%

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

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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