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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1972

Brahampur

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Winner — 1972

RISHI KESH TEWARY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 39.0%NCO 33.5%9 others 27.5%
Votes
22,037
39.0% share
Winning margin
3,112
5.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
49.2%
of 1,14,936

A clear win with a 5.5% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RISHI KESH TEWARY
INC
Congress (R)
22,03739.0%
2
SURYA NARAIN SHARMA
NCO
18,92533.5%
3
HARI NARAIN SINGH
IND
5,62910.0%
4
SRINIVAS OJHA
SOP
3,5356.3%
5
MARKANDEY SINGH
IND
3,4656.1%
6
BABAN PATHAK
BJS
Grand Alliance
1,4582.6%
7
DEO PARSHANNA SINGH
IND
5801.0%
8
LAL SAHAB SINGH
IND
2940.5%
9
JAGDISH PANDEY
IND
2100.4%
10
SUDARSHAN TEWARY
SWA
Grand Alliance
2000.3%
11
SHEO NATH PANDEY
IND
1750.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (175th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.5% · max 31.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
175th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
205th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.0%NCO 33.5%IND 10.0%SOP 6.3%IND 6.1%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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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