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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 158 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Deoghar

Winner — 1977

VEENA RANI
JNP· Janata
JNP 64.2%INC 28.7%3 others 7.1%
Votes
25,225
64.2% share
Winning margin
13,940
35.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
34.4%
of 1,14,262

Deoghar is a safe seat — VEENA RANI won by 35.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VEENA RANI
Janata
25,22564.2%
2
BAIDYA NATH DAS
INC
11,28528.7%
3
JAGANARAYAN DAS
IND
1,1542.9%
4
BALESHWAR DAS
IND
1,0352.6%
5
BHAIRO MIRDHA
IND
5981.5%

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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
35.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.1% · max 54.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
62nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
74th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 64.2%INC 28.7%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

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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