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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 124 · 1967
Forbesganj
Winner — 1967
S. MISHRA
INC· INC
INC 46.8%BJS 17.5%8 others 35.7%
Votes
23,350
46.8% share
Winning margin
14,611
29.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
61.9%
of 80,670
Forbesganj is a safe seat — S. MISHRA won by 29.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. MISHRA | INC | 23,350 | 46.8% |
| 2 | D.S. PRASAD | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 8,739 | 17.5% |
| 3 | SALAUDDIN | IND | 5,598 | 11.2% |
| 4 | S. SINGH | IND | 4,129 | 8.3% |
| 5 | D.N. JHA | IND | 3,563 | 7.1% |
| 6 | M. MANDAL | Samyukta Socialist Party | 2,090 | 4.2% |
| 7 | B. MANDAL | IND | 1,063 | 2.1% |
| 8 | S. SINGH | IND | 542 | 1.1% |
| 9 | D.P. GUPTA | Praja Socialist Party | 433 | 0.9% |
| 10 | R. DEVI | IND | 420 | 0.8% |
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 (90th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean29.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.7% · max 29.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
90th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
221st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.8%BJS 17.5%IND 11.2%IND 8.3%IND 7.1%OTH 9.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.