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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 104 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Forbesganj

Winner — 1957

DUMAR LAL BAITHA
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
SHITAL PD. GUPTA
INC· 21,752 votes
INC 23.6%INC 22.8%7 others 53.6%
Votes
22,504
23.6% share
Winning margin
4,880
5.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
39.9%
of 1,19,573

A clear win with a 5.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DUMAR LAL BAITHA
22,50423.6%
2
SHITAL PD. GUPTA
21,75222.8%
3
SARJU MISHRA
IND
17,62418.5%
4
BABU LALL RASHIDEO
IND
8,9619.4%
5
BHOJRAJ MAHTO
8,2078.6%
6
ADHIKLAL PASWAN
6,1126.4%
7
SHAMSUL ALAM
4,1374.3%
8
RAMANAND MUSHAR
CNPSPJP
4,0254.2%
9
ADHIK LALL SINGH
2,0452.1%

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.

Average turnout (127th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.7% · max 37.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
127th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
142nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.6%INC 22.8%IND 18.5%IND 9.4%BJS 8.6%BJS 6.4%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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