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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1969
Amarpur
Winner — 1969
SUKHNARAIN SINGH
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 26.3%BJS 26.1%4 others 47.6%
Votes
15,734
26.3% share
Winning margin
159
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.5%
of 97,036
Amarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 159 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUKHNARAIN SINGH | Samyukta Socialist Party | 15,734 | 26.3% |
| 2 | JANARDAN PRASAD YADAV | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 15,575 | 26.1% |
| 3 | MANHARAN KUMAR | INC | 13,899 | 23.3% |
| 4 | WALESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | Left | 7,994 | 13.4% |
| 5 | SHYAM NARAIN SINGH | SHD | 4,375 | 7.3% |
| 6 | KAMLESHWARI JHA | LTC | 2,146 | 3.6% |
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 (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
162nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
168th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 26.3%BJS 26.1%INC 23.3%CPI 13.4%SHD 7.3%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%
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.