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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 198 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Rajgir

Winner — 1972

CHANDRADEO PRASAD HIMANSU
CPI· Left
CPI 42.2%NCO 35.2%5 others 22.5%
Votes
29,423
42.2% share
Winning margin
4,884
7.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
56.3%
of 1,23,672

A clear win with a 7.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRADEO PRASAD HIMANSU
Left
29,42342.2%
2
YADUNANDAN PRASAD
24,53935.2%
3
SATYADEO NARAYAN ARYA
Grand Alliance
10,17114.6%
4
RAM CHANDRA PD. BHARATI
IND
2,3893.4%
5
NARAYAN SHASTRI
HSD
1,6382.4%
6
KALI CHARAN CHOUDHARY
1,0321.5%
7
KAMESHWAR MANJHI
BCP
4620.7%

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.

Low turnout (232nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 1.2% · max 44.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
232nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
186th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
201st of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 42.2%NCO 35.2%BJS 14.6%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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