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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1977
Bisfi
Winner — 1977
RAJ KUMAR PURBEY
CPI· Left
CPI 51.0%JNP 24.9%5 others 24.0%
Votes
43,059
51.0% share
Winning margin
22,046
26.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.5%
of 1,30,769
Bisfi is a safe seat — RAJ KUMAR PURBEY won by 26.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAJ KUMAR PURBEY | Left | 43,059 | 51.0% |
| 2 | SIRAZUL ISLAM | Janata | 21,013 | 24.9% |
| 3 | AZIZ NURUDDIN | INC | 18,482 | 21.9% |
| 4 | PURENDAR JHA | IND | 946 | 1.1% |
| 5 | KULESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY | IND | 371 | 0.4% |
| 6 | MADAN JHA | IND | 345 | 0.4% |
| 7 | JOHIR PARSAUNWI | IND | 143 | 0.2% |
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.
Average turnout (116th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 6.5% · max 36.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
116th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
30th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 51.0%JNP 24.9%INC 21.9%OTH 2.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.