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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 186 · 1962
Begusarai
Winner — 1962
RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARY
INC· INC
INC 60.3%CPI 25.3%3 others 14.4%
Votes
24,433
60.3% share
Winning margin
14,186
35.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
54.0%
of 75,098
Begusarai is a safe seat — RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARY won by 35.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARY | INC | 24,433 | 60.3% |
| 2 | RAMSAGAR SINGH | Left | 10,247 | 25.3% |
| 3 | CHANDRA CHOOR DEO | 2,796 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | RAM SHANKAR PRASAD SHARMA | Swatantra Party | 1,831 | 4.5% |
| 5 | GANESH PRASAD MAHTO | SOC | 1,219 | 3.0% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
Low turnout (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean35.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.2% · max 42.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
227th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
156th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.3%CPI 25.3%BJS 6.9%OTH 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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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.