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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 214 · 1972
Shahpur
Winner — 1972
SURAJ NATH CHOUBEY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 53.3%SOP 32.8%2 others 13.9%
Votes
22,868
53.3% share
Winning margin
8,779
20.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
38.7%
of 1,10,855
Shahpur is a safe seat — SURAJ NATH CHOUBEY won by 20.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURAJ NATH CHOUBEY | Congress (R) | 22,868 | 53.3% |
| 2 | RAMA NAND TIWARI | 14,089 | 32.8% | |
| 3 | SARYU PRASAD UPADAAYA | IND | 4,946 | 11.5% |
| 4 | VINOD KUMAR CHOUDHARY | Grand Alliance | 1,016 | 2.4% |
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 (181st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean20.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 4.4% · max 35.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
181st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
83rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
228th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.3%SOP 32.8%IND 11.5%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,00,843
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
638 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.5%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity1.9%
Sanitation23.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.2%
Children fully vaccinated84.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Children underweight (under 5)52.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.3%
Health insurance15.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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