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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 51 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Patepur

Winner — 1967

P. RAM
SSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
SSP 47.7%INC 23.9%5 others 28.4%
Votes
17,625
47.7% share
Winning margin
8,787
23.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
38.2%
of 96,862

Patepur is a safe seat — P. RAM won by 23.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. RAM
Samyukta Socialist Party
17,62547.7%
2
M. DEVI
INC
8,83823.9%
3
Y. DAS
JKD
4,15511.2%
4
G. DAS
Swatantra Party
2,5556.9%
5
R.S. DAS
Praja Socialist Party
2,3166.3%
6
B. MAHTO
IND
1,0102.7%
7
S. DEVI
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4831.3%

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 (48th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 1.9% · max 54.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
48th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
209th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
220th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 47.7%INC 23.9%JKD 11.2%SWA 6.9%PSP 6.3%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

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.

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