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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 166 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Rajgrih

Winner — 1957

SHYAM SUNDAR PRASAD
CNPSPJP
Also elected — same seat
BALDEO PRASAD
INC· 24,724 votes
CNPSPJP 26.4%INC 23.9%3 others 49.7%
Votes
27,255
26.4% share
Winning margin
3,996
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
43.0%
of 1,20,065

A closely fought contest. SHYAM SUNDAR PRASAD won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAM SUNDAR PRASAD
CNPSPJP
27,25526.4%
2
BALDEO PRASAD
24,72423.9%
3
SHEO SHARAN PD. SHARMA
23,25922.5%
4
RAMPHAL ARYA
CNPSPJP
22,21921.5%
5
KEDARNATH CHAN
IND
5,7885.6%

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 (207th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 2.4% · max 43.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
207th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
225th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CNPSPJP 26.4%INC 23.9%INC 22.5%CNPSPJP 21.5%IND 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha

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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