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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 155 · 1980
Jamtara
Winner — 1980
ARUN KUMAR BOSE
CPI· Left
CPI 28.0%INC(I) 28.0%14 others 44.0%
Votes
13,336
28.0% share
Winning margin
24
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
46.9%
of 1,01,420
Jamtara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 24 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARUN KUMAR BOSE | Left | 13,336 | 28.0% |
| 2 | MD. FURKAN ANSARI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 13,312 | 28.0% |
| 3 | PARMANAND MISHRA | 13,285 | 27.9% | |
| 4 | PRABHANJAN TEWARI | BJP | 3,403 | 7.2% |
| 5 | ANIRUDH SINGH | JNP(SC) | 1,180 | 2.5% |
| 6 | PARMESHWAR BASKEY | IND | 544 | 1.1% |
| 7 | TAPAN KUMAR BESRA | IND | 544 | 1.1% |
| 8 | FAZLUR RAHMAN | 343 | 0.7% | |
| 9 | MD. KHALIL MIAN | IND | 329 | 0.7% |
| 10 | KAPILDEO THAKUR | IND | 299 | 0.6% |
| 11 | KUMUD HAZARI | IND | 282 | 0.6% |
| 12 | SHREE KRISHNA LAL GUPTA | IND | 249 | 0.5% |
| 13 | AMAR BAIDYA | IND | 142 | 0.3% |
| 14 | JHAGRU PANDIT | IND | 135 | 0.3% |
| 15 | SURAJ MANDAL | IND | 123 | 0.3% |
| 16 | CHANDRA KISHORE RAI | IND | 104 | 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.
High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
40th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
176th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 28.0%INC(I) 28.0%JMM 27.9%BJP 7.2%OTH 9.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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