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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 39 · 1958 by-elections
Garkha
Winner — 1958 by-elections
R. DEVI
INC 58.9%PSP 41.1%
Votes
11,128
58.9% share
Winning margin
3,362
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Garkha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 3,362 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (177th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 3.4% · max 44.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
177th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
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84th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%
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.