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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1957

Samastipur West

Winner — 1957

JADUNANDAN SAHAY
INC· INC
INC 39.3%PSP 34.4%2 others 26.2%
Votes
7,970
39.3% share
Winning margin
996
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
36.5%
of 55,475

A closely fought contest. JADUNANDAN SAHAY won with a 4.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JADUNANDAN SAHAY
7,97039.3%
2
CHANDRABHAN MAHTO
6,97434.4%
3
RADHAKANT CHOUDHARY
IND
2,74913.6%
4
KESHAV JHA
2,56812.7%

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 (76th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.6% · max 57.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
76th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
217th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.3%PSP 34.4%IND 13.6%BJS 12.7%

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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