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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 166 · 1980

Colgong

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Winner — 1980

SADANAND SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 58.1%JNP(SC) 14.3%5 others 27.6%
Votes
51,168
58.1% share
Winning margin
38,534
43.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.5%
of 1,34,469

Colgong is a safe seat — SADANAND SINGH won by 43.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADANAND SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
51,16858.1%
2
JAGESHWAR MANDAL
JNP(SC)
12,63414.3%
3
JAGDISH SINGH
CPI
Left
11,47513.0%
4
BALRAM CHAND GHOSH
BJP
BJP
11,26712.8%
5
SULEMAN MANSOOR
IND
9981.1%
6
RAM SWARUP MISHRA
JNP(SR)
3830.4%
7
ILYAS KHAN
IND
2110.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (207th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
43.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 2.4% · max 43.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
207th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
225th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 58.1%JNP(SC) 14.3%CPI 13.0%BJP 12.8%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha

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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