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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 205 · 1972
Patna East
Winner — 1972
JAMIL AHMAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 32.0%BJS 31.2%10 others 36.8%
Votes
16,443
32.0% share
Winning margin
407
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
49.7%
of 1,03,421
Patna East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 407 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAMIL AHMAD | Congress (R) | 16,443 | 32.0% |
| 2 | RAMDEO MAHTO | Grand Alliance | 16,036 | 31.2% |
| 3 | HAZARI LAL | Left | 7,808 | 15.2% |
| 4 | YOGENDRA THAKUR | 4,394 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | RAJENDRA PRASAD VERMA | HSD | 2,598 | 5.1% |
| 6 | RAMSWAROOP MAHTO | IND | 2,010 | 3.9% |
| 7 | RAM BARAN PRASAD | 551 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | BHARATH SINGH | IND | 433 | 0.8% |
| 9 | BIJENDRA SINGH | IND | 431 | 0.8% |
| 10 | BRIJ NANDAN | BCP | 290 | 0.6% |
| 11 | MAKHDUM ALAM | Grand Alliance | 257 | 0.5% |
| 12 | SHAKEEL HASAN | IND | 110 | 0.2% |
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 (110th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.4% · max 46.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
110th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.33
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
214th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.0%BJS 31.2%CPM 15.2%SOP 8.6%HSD 5.1%OTH 7.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%
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.