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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 43 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Sasaram and Rohtas

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Winner — 1951

JAGANNATH SINGH
INC
Also elected — same seat
GOVIND CHAMAR
INC· 14,443 votes
INC 16.9%INC 14.4%13 others 68.7%
Votes
17,028
16.9% share
Winning margin
6,767
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
42.4%
of 1,18,482

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGANNATH SINGH
INC
17,02816.9%
2
GOVIND CHAMAR
INC
14,44314.4%
3
REYASAT KARIM
SP
10,26110.2%
4
RAM PRAKASH LAL
SP
10,09410.1%
5
RASIK BIHARI SINHA
IND
8,4578.4%
6
DHENUKDHARI MAHTO
IND
7,9257.9%
7
CHANDRA MADHO SING
RRP
5,1495.1%
8
HARI NARAIN
IND
5,0425.0%
9
CHANDRA SHEKHAR NATH DUBEY
IND
4,5904.6%
10
JAJH SINGH
FBL(MG)
3,7403.7%
11
MAHESH CHAUDHARY
IND
3,4283.4%
12
SUJASH SHARMA
RRP
3,1763.2%
13
PARMANAND MISHRA
BJS
2,7782.8%
14
NAZAMUDDIN
KMPP
2,3632.4%
15
JANAKI RAM
KMPP
1,9882.0%

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 (67th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 1.7% · max 51.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
67th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.5%
lowerhigher
41st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 16.9%INC 14.4%SP 10.2%SP 10.1%IND 8.4%IND 7.9%OTH 32.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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