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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 154 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Poraiyahat

Winner — 1972

PRITHWI CHAND KISKU
INC· Congress (R)
INC 41.9%PHJ 21.6%5 others 36.6%
Votes
14,863
41.9% share
Winning margin
7,213
20.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
36.3%
of 97,898

Poraiyahat is a safe seat — PRITHWI CHAND KISKU won by 20.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRITHWI CHAND KISKU
Congress (R)
14,86341.9%
2
EDWARD MARANDI
PHJ
7,65021.6%
3
CHUNKA HEMRAM
Grand Alliance
6,03917.0%
4
MARK KISKU
IND
5,90916.6%
5
PRASNA KUMAR SOREN
IND
4431.3%
6
SURYAN MARANDI
IND
3180.9%
7
LAL MURMU
JKP
2630.7%

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 (60th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 0.7% · max 34.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
60th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
233rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
203rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.9%PHJ 21.6%BJS 17.0%IND 16.6%OTH 2.9%

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?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bhagalpur SilkGI🏺Jardalu Mango🏺Manjusha Painting
Ancient site of Vikramshila Monastry

Ancient site of Vikramshila Monastry

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient site of Vikramshila Monastry

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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