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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 142 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Jhajha

Winner — 1957

CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BHAGWAT MURMU
INC· 11,247 votes
INC 24.0%INC 18.7%4 others 57.2%
Votes
14,429
24.0% share
Winning margin
4,452
7.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
38.9%
of 77,237

A clear win with a 7.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH
14,42924.0%
2
BHAGWAT MURMU
11,24718.7%
3
HARINANDAN SINGH
IND
9,97716.6%
4
MOTI MURMU
JHP
8,92914.9%
5
CHANDRABHAL SINGH
8,09113.5%
6
LAKHAN MURMU
7,36912.3%

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.

Average turnout (63rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.1% · max 56.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
227th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.0%INC 18.7%IND 16.6%JHP 14.9%PSP 13.5%PSP 12.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,70,541
Density
1549 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,918 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity20.2%
Sanitation31.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)35.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.9%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Clean cooking fuel45.2%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chilli🏺Maize

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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