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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1957

Bahera South

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Winner — 1957

KRISHNA DEVI
INC· INC
INC 32.4%IND 24.6%4 others 43.0%
Votes
7,896
32.4% share
Winning margin
1,906
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
41.2%
of 59,128

A clear win with a 7.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNA DEVI
INC
7,89632.4%
2
SATYADEO RAI
IND
5,99024.6%
3
BATUK NARAIN THAKUR
IND
4,42418.1%
4
KAUSHIK MUKHIA
PSP
3,77815.5%
5
DWARIKA YADAV
IND
1,6876.9%
6
GOBINDNARAIN CHOUDHARY
CNPSPJP
6022.5%

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

Average turnout (173rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 1.5% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
173rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
134th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
71st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.4%IND 24.6%IND 18.1%PSP 15.5%IND 6.9%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
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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