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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1980
Bhagalpur
Winner — 1980
SHEO CHANDRA JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 40.6%JNP(SC) 35.1%8 others 24.2%
Votes
24,347
40.6% share
Winning margin
3,313
5.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
48.9%
of 1,22,556
A clear win with a 5.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHEO CHANDRA JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,347 | 40.6% |
| 2 | BANARSI PRASAD GUPTA | JNP(SC) | 21,034 | 35.1% |
| 3 | VIJAY KUMAR MITRA | BJP | 12,455 | 20.8% |
| 4 | RANG NATH KAUSHIK | IND | 522 | 0.9% |
| 5 | ADITYA NARAYAN SAH | IND | 425 | 0.7% |
| 6 | SHYAM SUNDER SINGH | 400 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | SATYA BHAMA SINHA | JNP(SR) | 303 | 0.5% |
| 8 | SHYAM SUNDER PANDEY | IND | 164 | 0.3% |
| 9 | RADHA NAND PRA. SARSWATI | IND | 143 | 0.2% |
| 10 | SADHO PRASAD SAH | IND | 114 | 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 (185th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe5.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.6% · max 45.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
185th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
139th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
58th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.6%JNP(SC) 35.1%BJP 20.8%OTH 3.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,00,912
Density
815 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,228 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity27.1%
Sanitation31.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.8%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate57.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance15.1%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses (Masoor)🏺Tomato
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.