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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1972
Bettiah
Winner — 1972
KIRSHNA MOHAN PANDEY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 34.0%BJS 30.9%3 others 35.0%
Votes
16,646
34.0% share
Winning margin
1,512
3.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
48.9%
of 1,00,025
A closely fought contest. KIRSHNA MOHAN PANDEY won with a 3.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIRSHNA MOHAN PANDEY | Congress (R) | 16,646 | 34.0% |
| 2 | GOPA JEE RAI | Grand Alliance | 15,134 | 30.9% |
| 3 | SATTENDRA NARAIN MITRA | Left | 11,982 | 24.5% |
| 4 | RAM KUMAR JHUNJHUNWALA | 3,882 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | SYED ABDUL AZIZ | Grand Alliance | 1,260 | 2.6% |
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 (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.4% · max 37.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
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131st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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211th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.0%BJS 30.9%CPM 24.5%NCO 7.9%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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