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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1962
Punpun
Winner — 1962
NAWAL KISHORE SINGH
INC· INC
INC 59.4%SWA 29.9%4 others 10.6%
Votes
17,390
59.4% share
Winning margin
8,633
29.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
48.7%
of 60,069
Punpun is a safe seat — NAWAL KISHORE SINGH won by 29.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAWAL KISHORE SINGH | INC | 17,390 | 59.4% |
| 2 | DWARKA PRASAD | Swatantra Party | 8,757 | 29.9% |
| 3 | BUDHAN RAZAK | Praja Socialist Party | 1,221 | 4.2% |
| 4 | PARAS NATH SINGH | IND | 896 | 3.1% |
| 5 | AWADH BIHARI PRASAD | IND | 519 | 1.8% |
| 6 | SIDHESHWAR SINGH | SOC | 472 | 1.6% |
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.
Average turnout (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean29.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.0% · max 34.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
119th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
237th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.4%SWA 29.9%OTH 10.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%
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.