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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 230 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Ramgarh

Winner — 1957

TARA PRASAD BUXI
CNPSPJP
Also elected — same seat
RAMESHWAR MANJHI
CNPSPJP· 21,462 votes
CNPSPJP 35.7%CNPSPJP 31.4%5 others 32.9%
Votes
24,362
35.7% share
Winning margin
15,226
22.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
27.9%
of 1,22,308

Ramgarh is a safe seat — TARA PRASAD BUXI won by 22.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARA PRASAD BUXI
CNPSPJP
24,36235.7%
2
RAMESHWAR MANJHI
CNPSPJP
21,46231.4%
3
LAKSHMAN MANJHI
9,13613.4%
4
BRAJMOHAN CHOUDHARY
7,79211.4%
5
BHARTHAR TIRKEY
JHP
2,5173.7%
6
BALMUKUND DAS GURU
IND
1,7612.6%
7
PAULUS MUNDA
JHP
1,2801.9%

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 (221st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
221st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
241st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CNPSPJP 35.7%CNPSPJP 31.4%INC 13.4%INC 11.4%OTH 8.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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