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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1980

Barhara

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Winner — 1980

RAMJEE PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 33.9%JNP(JP) 33.3%10 others 32.8%
Votes
24,257
33.9% share
Winning margin
388
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
49.8%
of 1,43,831

Barhara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 388 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMJEE PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
24,25733.9%
2
RAGHUWENDRA PRATAP SINGH
JNP(JP)
23,86933.3%
3
RAMESHWAR UPADHYAYA
JNP(SC)
7,22510.1%
4
HARE KRISHNA SINGH
IND
4,1005.7%
5
GOPAL PRASAD
IND
3,4654.8%
6
KRISHNA RAJ PRASAD
JNP(SR)
2,3813.3%
7
TEJ NARAYAN SINGH
IND
1,7432.4%
8
OM PRAKASH SHARMA
IND
1,7252.4%
9
ABHIMANU SINGH
BJP
BJP
1,3701.9%
10
AZIMUDDIN KHAN
IND
6180.9%
11
ISHWAR DAYAL SINGH
IND
5310.7%
12
RAM SAKAL SINGH
IND
3200.5%

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

Average turnout (175th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.5% · max 31.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
175th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
205th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 33.9%JNP(JP) 33.3%JNP(SC) 10.1%IND 5.7%OTH 17.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,00,843
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
638 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.5%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.4%
Electricity1.9%
Sanitation23.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.2%
Children fully vaccinated84.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Children underweight (under 5)52.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.9%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.3%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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