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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 75 · 1969
Benipatti
Winner — 1969
BAIDYANATH JHA
SSP· Samyukta Socialist Party
SSP 36.4%INC 32.4%1 others 31.3%
Votes
21,396
36.4% share
Winning margin
2,344
4.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.9%
of 98,307
A closely fought contest. BAIDYANATH JHA won with a 4.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAIDYANATH JHA | Samyukta Socialist Party | 21,396 | 36.4% |
| 2 | SHALIGRAM YADAV | INC | 19,052 | 32.4% |
| 3 | TEJ NARAYAN JHA | Left | 18,402 | 31.3% |
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
lean4.0%
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
SSP 36.4%INC 32.4%CPI 31.3%
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.