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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 75 · 1967
Benipatt
Winner — 1967
T.N. JHA
CPI· Left
CPI 35.1%IND 28.9%7 others 36.0%
Votes
17,172
35.1% share
Winning margin
3,013
6.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
51.6%
of 94,916
A clear win with a 6.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.N. JHA | Left | 17,172 | 35.1% |
| 2 | B. JHA | IND | 14,159 | 28.9% |
| 3 | R.C. JHA | INC | 10,004 | 20.4% |
| 4 | S. LAKHAN | IND | 4,601 | 9.4% |
| 5 | R. JHA | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 880 | 1.8% |
| 6 | K. HAQUE | Praja Socialist Party | 836 | 1.7% |
| 7 | D.N. YADAVA | IND | 683 | 1.4% |
| 8 | S. CHAMAR | IND | 328 | 0.7% |
| 9 | S. YADAVA | IND | 321 | 0.7% |
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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean6.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.2% · max 30.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
88th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
212th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 35.1%IND 28.9%INC 20.4%IND 9.4%OTH 6.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.