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Winner — 1972

RAMDEO RAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 56.9%SOP 24.3%4 others 18.9%
Votes
39,701
56.9% share
Winning margin
22,768
32.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.8%
of 1,14,770

Bachhwara is a safe seat — RAMDEO RAI won by 32.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMDEO RAI
Congress (R)
39,70156.9%
2
VAIDYA NATH PRASAD SINGH
16,93324.3%
3
RAJ KUMAR RAI
Left
6,0788.7%
4
TRIPTY NARAYAN CHAUDHRY
3,8155.5%
5
VINDESHWARI CHAUDHRY
IND
2,7133.9%
6
VIJAY NATH JHA
Grand Alliance
5630.8%

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 (180th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.0% · max 41.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
180th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
122nd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.9%SOP 24.3%CPM 8.7%NCO 5.5%OTH 4.7%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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