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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1980
Bettiah
Winner — 1980
GAURI SHANKAR PANDEY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 35.0%IND 22.6%11 others 42.4%
Votes
25,360
35.0% share
Winning margin
8,956
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
53.5%
of 1,35,666
A clear win with a 12.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAURI SHANKAR PANDEY |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 25,360 | 35.0% |
| 2 | SHEO SHANKAR KANODIA | IND | 16,404 | 22.6% |
| 3 | MADAN PRASAD JAISWAL | BJP | 14,836 | 20.4% |
| 4 | MOHAMMAD NUR ZAMAN KHAN | IND | 7,487 | 10.3% |
| 5 | SATYENDRA NARIAN MITRA | Left | 4,127 | 5.7% |
| 6 | THAKUR PRASAD | JNP(SR) | 1,671 | 2.3% |
| 7 | BABU RAM MAJHI | IND | 941 | 1.3% |
| 8 | SHEI SHANKAR PRASAD | IND | 491 | 0.7% |
| 9 | KHURSHID ALAM | JNP(SC) | 392 | 0.5% |
| 10 | BHOLA PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 339 | 0.5% |
| 11 | CHHEDI KHAN | IND | 245 | 0.3% |
| 12 | MAYA SINHA | JNP(JP) | 165 | 0.2% |
| 13 | M.A. HAKIM | IND | 91 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.4% · max 37.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
131st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
211th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 35.0%IND 22.6%BJP 20.4%IND 10.3%CPM 5.7%OTH 6.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
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.