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Winner — 1972

BANDHU MAHATO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 45.3%NCO 22.2%5 others 32.5%
Votes
31,095
45.3% share
Winning margin
15,857
23.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.8%
of 1,04,188

Bibhutpur is a safe seat — BANDHU MAHATO won by 23.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANDHU MAHATO
Congress (R)
31,09545.3%
2
SHAMBLU NARAIN
15,23822.2%
3
GANGA PRASAD SHRIVASTAVA
6,7159.8%
4
ASWANI RAI
Grand Alliance
6,6559.7%
5
SAUDAGAR RAI
Left
4,9377.2%
6
CHANDRA SHEKHAR SHASHTRI
IND
2,1343.1%
7
UMA SHANKAR JHA
IND
1,8352.7%

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 (141st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.7% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
141st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
199th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.3%NCO 22.2%SOP 9.8%BJS 9.7%CPM 7.2%OTH 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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