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Winner — 1972

BHOLA SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 34.3%INC 18.5%5 others 47.2%
Votes
21,887
34.3% share
Winning margin
10,116
15.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
58.1%
of 1,09,715

Begusarai is a safe seat — BHOLA SINGH won by 15.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHOLA SINGH
Left
21,88734.3%
2
GITA SINGH
Congress (R)
11,77118.5%
3
VISHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
9,66515.2%
4
SHANTI DEVI
8,37013.1%
5
RAMJI CHAUDHRY
Grand Alliance
7,91212.4%
6
UCHIT YADAV
Left
3,4945.5%
7
JAINATH PODDAR
IND
6471.0%

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.

Low turnout (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.2% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
227th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
156th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 34.3%INC 18.5%NCO 15.2%SOP 13.1%BJS 12.4%CPM 5.5%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
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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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