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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Banmankhi
Winner — 1980
JAIKANT PASWAN
INC(U) 43.5%INC(I) 43.0%7 others 13.5%
Votes
24,608
43.5% share
Winning margin
273
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
45.2%
of 1,25,112
Banmankhi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 273 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAIKANT PASWAN | 24,608 | 43.5% | |
| 2 | RASHIK LAL RISHIDEO |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,335 | 43.0% |
| 3 | BALBODH PASWAN | JNP(JP) | 2,313 | 4.1% |
| 4 | RAM KRISHNA RISHIDEO | IND | 1,873 | 3.3% |
| 5 | NARAIN RISHI | IND | 1,269 | 2.2% |
| 6 | CHUNNI LAL RAJBANSHI RISHIDEO | IND | 1,095 | 1.9% |
| 7 | JAGDISH PASWAN |  FBL | 815 | 1.4% |
| 8 | UPENDRA KUMAR | IND | 172 | 0.3% |
| 9 | SAHDEO RAM | IND | 121 | 0.2% |
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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 (64th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.5% · max 45.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
64th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
4.00
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
178th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
4.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(U) 43.5%INC(I) 43.0%OTH 13.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%
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.