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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 198 · 1957

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Winner — 1957

KAMESHWAR SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 33.3%PSP 27.4%4 others 39.3%
Votes
8,618
33.3% share
Winning margin
1,522
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
42.5%
of 60,882

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMESHWAR SHARMA
INC
8,61833.3%
2
RAMCHARAN SINGH
PSP
7,09627.4%
3
KIRT NARAIN SINGH
IND
5,72522.1%
4
BASHIRUL HAQUE
IND
2,2298.6%
5
KAPILESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
CNPSPJP
1,5816.1%
6
DOMAN CHAMAR
IND
6372.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (232nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 1.2% · max 44.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
232nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
186th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
201st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.3%PSP 27.4%IND 22.1%IND 8.6%CNPSPJP 6.1%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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