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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1967
Pirpainti
Winner — 1967
A. PRASAD
CPI· Left
CPI 48.0%INC 42.1%3 others 9.8%
Votes
23,941
48.0% share
Winning margin
2,922
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.3%
of 90,253
A clear win with a 5.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. PRASAD | Left | 23,941 | 48.0% |
| 2 | B.N. RAM | INC | 21,019 | 42.1% |
| 3 | J. UDDIN | Praja Socialist Party | 2,183 | 4.4% |
| 4 | R.N. SAH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2,026 | 4.1% |
| 5 | Y.P. ROY | IND | 700 | 1.4% |
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 (157th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.9% · max 35.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
157th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
94th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 48.0%INC 42.1%OTH 9.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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