Back to Bihar 1969 map
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 58 · 1969
Kanti
Winner — 1969
HARIHAR PRASAD SHAHI
LTC
LTC 51.1%INC 25.3%4 others 23.6%
Votes
24,589
51.1% share
Winning margin
12,406
25.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
52.2%
of 92,157
Kanti is a safe seat — HARIHAR PRASAD SHAHI won by 25.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARIHAR PRASAD SHAHI | LTC | 24,589 | 51.1% |
| 2 | YAMUNA PRASAD TRIPATHI | INC | 12,183 | 25.3% |
| 3 | KIRAN SINGH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 5,026 | 10.4% |
| 4 | SHIVASHANKAR PD. GUPTA | IND | 3,063 | 6.4% |
| 5 | SHIVACHANDRA MISHRA | PBI | 2,149 | 4.5% |
| 6 | DIP NARAIN SINGH | JAP | 1,106 | 2.3% |
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 (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.1% · max 58.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
1st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.84
fewer partiesmore parties
6th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
126th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LTC 51.1%INC 25.3%BJS 10.4%IND 6.4%OTH 6.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,64,619
Density
1011 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,229 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population4.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
61%HINDU
Hindu 60.9%Muslim 38.5%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity13.4%
Sanitation13.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated62.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)47.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.0%
Women literate47.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Clean cooking fuel19.3%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Art🏺Jute🏺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.