Bihar · Assembly Constituency 232 · 1958 by-elections

Dhanbad

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Winner — 1958 by-elections

R. CHAUDHURY

INC

INC 44.0%PSP 28.3%1 others 27.6%

Votes

8,998

44.0% share

Winning margin

3,206

0.0% of votes

Total candidates

Dhanbad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 3,206 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	R. CHAUDHURY	INC	8,998	0.0%
2	M. DESAI	PSP	5,792	0.0%
3	B.B. MAHTO	COM	5,642	0.0%

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 Record The Place The State

High turnout (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

lean

0.0%

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mean 13.9% · min 0.6% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

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73%

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37th of 243

How crowded is the field?

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2.36

fewer partiesmore parties

199th of 243

How much NOTA?

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1.5%

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153rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

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— DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

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— 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%

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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?

5 locations

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🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of…

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and boulder of Kauadol hill

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The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

🏛️MonumentASI

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillar

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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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