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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1977

Simri-Bakhtiarpur

Winner — 1977

CHOUDHARY MOHAMMAD SALAHUDDIN
INC· INC
INC 46.6%IND 25.0%6 others 28.4%
Votes
33,457
46.6% share
Winning margin
15,513
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
61.4%
of 1,16,828

Simri-Bakhtiarpur is a safe seat — CHOUDHARY MOHAMMAD SALAHUDDIN won by 21.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHOUDHARY MOHAMMAD SALAHUDDIN
INC
33,45746.6%
2
AYODHYA PD. YADAV
IND
17,94425.0%
3
RAM CHANDRA PD.
Janata
15,01420.9%
4
VIDYANAND SINGH
IND
3,8035.3%
5
RAJARAJ KUMAR BHAGAT
IND
5830.8%
6
PACHANAN YADAV
IND
5370.8%
7
VIJAY KUMAR SINGH
IND
2130.3%
8
SACHCHIDANAND SINGH
IND
1900.3%

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.

Average turnout (160th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.2% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
160th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.6%IND 25.0%JNP 20.9%IND 5.3%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

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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