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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1980
Ghanshyampur
Winner — 1980
MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 58.0%JNP(SC) 36.2%5 others 5.8%
Votes
66,093
58.0% share
Winning margin
24,885
21.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
83.6%
of 1,36,291
Ghanshyampur is a safe seat — MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA won by 21.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHENDRA NARAIN JHA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 66,093 | 58.0% |
| 2 | MAHABIR PRASAD | JNP(SC) | 41,208 | 36.2% |
| 3 | JAIKRISHNA PRASAD | JNP(JP) | 5,869 | 5.2% |
| 4 | BIDYANATH JHA VIDIT | BJP | 446 | 0.4% |
| 5 | BISHNU DEO JHA | IND | 139 | 0.1% |
| 6 | MAHENDRA NARAIN PANDEY | 93 | 0.1% | |
| 7 | NASIM MAHAMAD | IND | 77 | 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.
Average turnout (168th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean21.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.0% · max 47.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
168th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
128th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
179th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 58.0%JNP(SC) 36.2%JNP(JP) 5.2%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.