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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 70 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Jainagar

Winner — 1957

DEONARAIN YADAV
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
RAMKRISHAN MAHTO
INC· 25,200 votes
INC 26.4%INC 23.1%6 others 50.4%
Votes
28,783
26.4% share
Winning margin
9,747
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
37.2%
of 1,46,534

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEONARAIN YADAV
28,78326.4%
2
RAMKRISHAN MAHTO
25,20023.1%
3
BAIYDANATH YADAV
19,03617.5%
4
SARYUG PASWAN
10,4849.6%
5
DHANESHWAR ROY
IND
7,9767.3%
6
SHUSHIL NARAIN THAKUR
6,9896.4%
7
GYANCHAND RAM
IND
6,8326.3%
8
SUKHDEO JHA
IND
3,6053.3%

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.

Average turnout (69th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
69th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.4%INC 23.1%CPI 17.5%PSP 9.6%IND 7.3%PSP 6.4%OTH 9.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,01,762
Density
1120 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,788 km²
SC population17.3%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.6%
Electricity5.8%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.7%
Women literate47.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.4%
Health insurance9.5%

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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