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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Dumka

Winner — 1972

PAIKA MURMU
INC· Congress (R)
INC 35.3%HJS 25.0%5 others 39.7%
Votes
10,447
35.3% share
Winning margin
3,042
10.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
32.3%
of 91,713

A clear win with a 10.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PAIKA MURMU
Congress (R)
10,44735.3%
2
SHIBU MURMU
HJS
7,40525.0%
3
MASHI CHARAN HASDA
IND
7,25624.5%
4
RAMESHWAR TUDU
Grand Alliance
2,3878.1%
5
HEMANT HEMRUM
PHJ
1,1033.7%
6
NANDU BASKI
JKP
8032.7%
7
TIKU SOREN
1930.7%

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 (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.4% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
159th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
108th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.3%HJS 25.0%IND 24.5%BJS 8.1%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bhagalpur SilkGI🏺Jardalu Mango🏺Manjusha Painting

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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