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Winner — 1980

RANJEET SINHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 29.9%INC(U) 28.0%18 others 42.2%
Votes
26,300
29.9% share
Winning margin
1,641
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
42.2%
of 2,08,942

Patna West was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,641 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RANJEET SINHA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
26,30029.9%
2
KRISHNA NANDAN SAHAY
24,65928.0%
3
THAKUR PRASAD
BJP
14,03415.9%
4
PRABHAT KUMAR SINHA
11,96313.6%
5
AWADH KUMAR SINGH
JNP(JP)
2,8333.2%
6
CHUNNI LAL RAI
JNP(SR)
2,6573.0%
7
MOHAMMAD GAFFAR
IND
1,8192.1%
8
SIYA RAM RAI
IND
9601.1%
9
SOHAN PRASAD
IND
9171.0%
10
D.S. PANDEY
IND
6340.7%
11
AMRENDRA PRASAD
IND
3180.4%
12
SATYADEO SINGH
IND
1860.2%
13
CHANDRIKA PRASAD
IND
1840.2%
14
RAM PARVESH SINGH
IND
1260.1%
15
JAI GOBIND SAHAY
IND
1200.1%
16
ANAND KUMAR
IND
1190.1%
17
ANAND PRASAD SINGH
IND
960.1%
18
DINESHWAR SINGH
IND
790.1%
19
RAGHU RAI
IND
720.1%
20
BIJENDRA SINGH
IND
300.0%

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 (95th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.4% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
95th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.47
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 29.9%INC(U) 28.0%BJP 15.9%RSP 13.6%OTH 12.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet🏺Rice
Temple of Mundeshwari Devi

Temple of Mundeshwari Devi

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Mundeshwari Devi

Tomb at Bakhtiyar Khan

Tomb at Bakhtiyar Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb at Bakhtiyar Khan

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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