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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1967
Motihari
Winner — 1967
C.P. YADAV
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 54.9%INC 19.0%4 others 26.1%
Votes
18,838
54.9% share
Winning margin
12,307
35.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
43.2%
of 79,466
Motihari is a safe seat — C.P. YADAV won by 35.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.P. YADAV | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 18,838 | 54.9% |
| 2 | S. DEVI | INC | 6,531 | 19.0% |
| 3 | W.A. ANSARI | IND | 4,744 | 13.8% |
| 4 | P.N. VERMA | Swatantra Party | 2,657 | 7.7% |
| 5 | B. PRASAD | IND | 1,041 | 3.0% |
| 6 | R.P. GUPTA | Samyukta Socialist Party | 527 | 1.5% |
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.
High turnout (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean35.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.7% · max 35.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
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26th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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49th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 54.9%INC 19.0%IND 13.8%SWA 7.7%OTH 4.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%
What's nearby?
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