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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 213 · 1980
Paliganj
Winner — 1980
RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAV
INC(U) 57.1%BJP 32.6%9 others 10.3%
Votes
68,351
57.1% share
Winning margin
29,302
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
81.0%
of 1,47,797
Paliganj is a safe seat — RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAV won by 24.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAV | 68,351 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | KANHAI SINGH | BJP | 39,049 | 32.6% |
| 3 | SALIMMUDDIN ANSARI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 3,877 | 3.2% |
| 4 | SHYAM NANDAN SHARMA | Left | 3,097 | 2.6% |
| 5 | JAI RAM PD. SINGH | IND | 1,970 | 1.6% |
| 6 | MD. MOTI LAVAL ZAFAR | IND | 1,676 | 1.4% |
| 7 | RAM CHANDRA BIND | IND | 666 | 0.6% |
| 8 | ABHIMANYU SHARMA | IND | 573 | 0.5% |
| 9 | BESH LAL SAO | IND | 202 | 0.2% |
| 10 | AWADESH KUMAR YADAV | IND | 159 | 0.1% |
| 11 | AKHILESH KUMAR SINGH | IND | 62 | 0.1% |
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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.
Low turnout (222nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.4% · max 36.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
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222nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.46
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.9%
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20th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(U) 57.1%BJP 32.6%OTH 10.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.