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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 219 · 1980

Buxar

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Winner — 1980

JAG NARAIN TRIVEDI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.5%CPI 22.8%9 others 35.7%
Votes
24,166
41.5% share
Winning margin
10,929
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
49.6%
of 1,17,377

Buxar is a safe seat — JAG NARAIN TRIVEDI won by 18.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAG NARAIN TRIVEDI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
24,16641.5%
2
TEJ NARAIN SINGH
CPI
Left
13,23722.8%
3
BANKTESHWAR PD. SINGH
JNP(JP)
9,91417.0%
4
BABAN SINGHYADAV
INC(U)
4,3007.4%
5
PRABHANS SINGH
JNP(SR)
3,8286.6%
6
NET LAL SINGH
JNP(SC)
9531.6%
7
SHERU ANSARI
IND
9101.6%
8
JAGNATH PD. KESARI
IND
3100.5%
9
RENG RAY
IND
2570.4%
10
RAN VIJAY KUMAR
IND
1970.3%
11
AJAY KUMAR
IND
1010.2%

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 (126th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.6% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
126th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
70th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.5%CPI 22.8%JNP(JP) 17.0%INC(U) 7.4%JNP(SR) 6.6%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry

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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