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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 155 · 1972
Godda
Winner — 1972
HEMANTKUMAR JHA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.6%BJS 31.0%6 others 21.4%
Votes
27,769
47.6% share
Winning margin
9,703
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
54.6%
of 1,06,850
Godda is a safe seat — HEMANTKUMAR JHA won by 16.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEMANTKUMAR JHA | Congress (R) | 27,769 | 47.6% |
| 2 | LAKHAN MAHTO | Grand Alliance | 18,066 | 31.0% |
| 3 | JAHEEB AHMAD | Left | 4,411 | 7.6% |
| 4 | JETHA TUDU | HJS | 3,360 | 5.8% |
| 5 | TRIVENI JHA | IND | 1,643 | 2.8% |
| 6 | PANCHAM MARANDI | IND | 1,593 | 2.7% |
| 7 | GOPAL KRISHNA JHA | 1,196 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | HRIDAY NARAYAN BHAGAT | IND | 292 | 0.5% |
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 (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
40th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
176th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%BJS 31.0%CPM 7.6%HJS 5.8%OTH 8.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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