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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Pipra

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Winner — 1980

NAND LAL CHAUDHARY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 53.3%CPI 23.6%10 others 23.1%
Votes
26,111
53.3% share
Winning margin
14,534
29.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
46.5%
of 1,05,363

Pipra is a safe seat — NAND LAL CHAUDHARY won by 29.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAND LAL CHAUDHARY
INC(I)
Congress (I)
26,11153.3%
2
TULSI RAM
CPI
Left
11,57723.6%
3
SAHDEO PASWAN
JNP(SC)
6,99914.3%
4
RUDAL RAM
IND
1,1442.3%
5
BRAHMDEO RAM SHASTRI
IND
7601.6%
6
PHULGANI RAM
IND
7591.6%
7
JANKDHARI CHAUDHARY
IND
7031.4%
8
CHINTAMAN BAITHA
IND
5241.1%
9
VIGU RAM
JNP(JP)
2350.5%
10
RAMLAKHAN PASWAN
IND
790.2%
11
RAGHUNATH RAM
IND
520.1%
12
HARI NARAIN PRASAD SHASTRI
JNP(SR)
420.1%

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

High turnout (47th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
29.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 2.3% · max 60.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
47th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
143rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 53.3%CPI 23.6%JNP(SC) 14.3%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️LitchiGI🏺Seep Buttons
🏛️

Fort ruins, Sagardih

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort ruins

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