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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 124 · 1969
Forbesganj
Winner — 1969
SARYU MISHRA
INC· INC
INC 52.3%BJS 32.1%2 others 15.6%
Votes
24,843
52.3% share
Winning margin
9,619
20.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
54.8%
of 86,634
Forbesganj is a safe seat — SARYU MISHRA won by 20.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARYU MISHRA | INC | 24,843 | 52.3% |
| 2 | PUNYA NAND MANDAL | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 15,224 | 32.1% |
| 3 | JAGDISH N . PRASAD | Samyukta Socialist Party | 4,020 | 8.5% |
| 4 | KAMESWAR PRASAD SINGH | Left | 3,390 | 7.1% |
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
lean20.3%
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 52.3%BJS 32.1%SSP 8.5%CPI 7.1%
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
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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.