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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 143 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Jamui

Winner — 1957

HARI PRASAD SHARMA
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BHOLA MANJHI
CPI· 17,378 votes
INC 23.3%CPI 19.3%4 others 57.4%
Votes
20,969
23.3% share
Winning margin
4,071
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
45.3%
of 99,293

A closely fought contest. HARI PRASAD SHARMA won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI PRASAD SHARMA
20,96923.3%
2
BHOLA MANJHI
17,37819.3%
3
GURU RAMDAS
16,89818.8%
4
GITANANDAN SINGH
14,03315.6%
5
TRILOKI MAHTON
IND
12,11913.5%
6
SHIB NARAYAN DAS
IND
8,5419.5%

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 (83rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.1% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
83rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
180th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
215th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.3%CPI 19.3%INC 18.8%PSP 15.6%IND 13.5%IND 9.5%

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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