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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1972

Belaganj

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Winner — 1972

JITENDRA PD. SINGH
NCO
NCO 55.4%HSD 22.1%8 others 22.5%
Votes
38,193
55.4% share
Winning margin
22,987
33.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
59.5%
of 1,15,822

Belaganj is a safe seat — JITENDRA PD. SINGH won by 33.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JITENDRA PD. SINGH
NCO
38,19355.4%
2
RAMESHWAR PRASAD YADAV
HSD
15,20622.1%
3
KEDAR NATH SAHNDILYA
INC
Congress (R)
8,51412.4%
4
JITENDRA MOHAN SINGH
BJS
Grand Alliance
2,9504.3%
5
BALESHWAR SINGH
IND
2,4413.5%
6
SHAMBHU PRASAD SINGH
IND
4050.6%
7
RAMASHSAY PRASAD
IND
3660.5%
8
DUDHERHWAR PRASAD
IND
3230.5%
9
VIJOY KUMAR
SOP
2840.4%
10
KESHO YADAV
IND
2230.3%

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.

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Low turnout (233rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
33.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.4% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
233rd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.49
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
46th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 55.4%HSD 22.1%INC 12.4%OTH 10.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

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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