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Winner — 1962

JAGNARAIN TRIVEDI
INC· INC
INC 61.3%PSP 29.2%1 others 9.5%
Votes
21,408
61.3% share
Winning margin
11,227
32.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
56.1%
of 62,252

Buxar is a safe seat — JAGNARAIN TRIVEDI won by 32.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGNARAIN TRIVEDI
INC
21,40861.3%
2
RAM NARESH SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
10,18129.2%
3
UMANATH CHOUBAY
SOC
3,3209.5%

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 (126th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.6% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
126th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
70th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.3%PSP 29.2%SOC 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry

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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