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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1977

Bhagalpur

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Winner — 1977

BIJOY KUMAR MITRA
JNP· Janata
JNP 66.1%INC 21.8%9 others 12.1%
Votes
30,188
66.1% share
Winning margin
20,247
44.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
41.9%
of 1,08,849

Bhagalpur is a safe seat — BIJOY KUMAR MITRA won by 44.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIJOY KUMAR MITRA
JNP
Janata
30,18866.1%
2
TALIB ANSARI
INC
INC
9,94121.8%
3
MANI MOHAN THAKUR
IND
2,4955.5%
4
RAKHAL PRASAD SAH
IND
7131.6%
5
HAZI KHALIK
IND
6211.4%
6
SHAMBHU NATH JAISWAL
IND
5251.1%
7
NAGAR MAL BAJORIA
IND
4330.9%
8
SHIB KUMAR SINGH
IND
2550.6%
9
BRAJ NANDAN SINGH
IND
2320.5%
10
GIRJA SHANKAR SRIVASTAVA
IND
1420.3%
11
MOTI SINGH
IND
1050.2%

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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Average turnout (185th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
44.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.6% · max 45.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
185th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
139th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
58th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 66.1%INC 21.8%IND 5.5%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,00,912
Density
815 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,228 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity27.1%
Sanitation31.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.8%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate57.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance15.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses (Masoor)🏺Tomato

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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