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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1960 by-elections
Bihar North
Winner — 1960 by-elections
S.W. AHMAD
INC 53.6%COM 46.4%
Votes
15,560
53.6% share
Winning margin
2,081
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Bihar North was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 2,081 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.W. AHMAD | 15,560 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | V.K. YADAV | COM | 13,479 | 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.
Average turnout (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%
How contested is turnout?
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65%
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162nd of 243How crowded is the field?
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2.23
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234th of 243How much NOTA?
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1.3%
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168th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
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— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%
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.