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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARY
INC
24,43360.3%
2
RAMSAGAR SINGH
Left
10,24725.3%
3
CHANDRA CHOOR DEO
2,7966.9%
4
RAM SHANKAR PRASAD SHARMA
Swatantra Party
1,8314.5%
5
GANESH PRASAD MAHTO
SOC
1,2193.0%

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
lean
35.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.2% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
227th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
156th of 243

Where 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 COMPUTED

A 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?

1 location
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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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