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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 172 · 1957

Patna East

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Winner — 1957

ZAHRA AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 41.2%BJS 15.5%6 others 43.3%
Votes
9,971
41.2% share
Winning margin
6,222
25.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
40.6%
of 59,636

Patna East is a safe seat — ZAHRA AHMAD won by 25.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ZAHRA AHMAD
INC
9,97141.2%
2
BRIJ MOHAN LAL
BJS
3,74915.5%
3
AHSANUZ ZAHIR
IND
3,33813.8%
4
MANNA LAL VYAS
IND
2,99512.4%
5
LACHMI NARAYN MAHTO
IND
2,44310.1%
6
NAGESHWAR PRASAD
PSP
1,0164.2%
7
GOPI RAM
IND
4501.9%
8
RAM CHARITAR MAHTO
IND
2321.0%

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

Low turnout (240th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.1% · max 49.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
240th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
136th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.2%BJS 15.5%IND 13.8%IND 12.4%IND 10.1%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,77,653
Density
1222 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,355 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.8%Muslim 6.9%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.9%
Electricity20.8%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated75.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)46.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.0%
Women literate56.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.0%
Clean cooking fuel41.0%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bawan Booti🏷️Silao KhajaGI
Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu

📍Google MapsOSM

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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