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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1977

Arrah

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Winner — 1977

SUMITRA DEVI
JNP· Janata
JNP 33.5%INC 31.8%17 others 34.6%
Votes
16,192
33.5% share
Winning margin
807
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
40.2%
of 1,20,132

Arrah was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 807 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUMITRA DEVI
JNP
Janata
16,19233.5%
2
MD. ISHA
INC
INC
15,38531.9%
3
RAMJEE PRASAD SINGH
IND
5,37211.1%
4
MOHAN PRASAD YADAV
IND
2,0224.2%
5
RAMESHWAR UPADHYAY
IND
1,9594.1%
6
SATYENDRA NARAIN SINGH
IND
1,8633.9%
7
JAGDISH SINGH
IND
1,6883.5%
8
TETAR RAM
IND
1,2032.5%
9
RAMJEE SINGH
IND
6211.3%
10
RAMAHHAR NATH SINGH
IND
5571.1%
11
DWARIKA NATH SINGH
IND
2920.6%
12
TEJ NARAIN SINGH
SSD
2590.5%
13
RAM KUMAR DASS
IND
2230.5%
14
CHANDRIKA PRASAD
IND
1660.3%
15
BRAHMANAND YADAV
IND
1520.3%
16
KALINDANI RAJ
IND
1100.2%
17
RAM BACHAN SINGH
IND
1040.2%
18
NAND JEE RAM
IND
970.2%
19
LATAFAT HUSSIAN
IND
400.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
56th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 33.5%INC 31.9%IND 11.1%OTH 23.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
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Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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