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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 239 · 1957

Jugsalai

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Winner — 1957

V. G. GOPAL
INC· INC
INC 37.5%CPI 34.9%5 others 27.6%
Votes
10,900
37.5% share
Winning margin
754
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
42.4%
of 68,582

A closely fought contest. V. G. GOPAL won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. G. GOPAL
INC
10,90037.5%
2
UDAYAKER MISHRA
CPI
10,14634.9%
3
PRASANNA KUMAR NANDA
IND
2,7869.6%
4
SUKRAM
JHP
2,6419.1%
5
BUDHRAM BADSENE
IND
1,2814.4%
6
VRAJANANDAN KISHOR LAL
PSP
9183.2%
7
NARAYAN KISHORE SANE
IND
4081.4%

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 (231st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.7% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
231st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.5%CPI 34.9%IND 9.6%JHP 9.1%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom🏺Magahi Paan/ Betel Vine

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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