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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1980

Dalsinghsarai

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Winner — 1980

JAGDISH PRASAD CHOUDHARY
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 32.4%JNP(SC) 30.0%7 others 37.6%
Votes
23,745
32.4% share
Winning margin
1,705
2.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
52.7%
of 1,39,328

A closely fought contest. JAGDISH PRASAD CHOUDHARY won with a 2.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDISH PRASAD CHOUDHARY
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,74532.4%
2
RAMPADARATH MAHTO
JNP(SC)
22,04030.0%
3
YASHVANT KUMAR CHOUDHARY
JNP(JP)
12,84717.5%
4
BAIDYANATH CHOUDHARY
CPI
Left
11,89716.2%
5
MD. MONIF
IND
1,4672.0%
6
PRABHANSH RAI
JNP(SR)
8461.1%
7
RAMBALI RAI
IND
2620.4%
8
KRISHNA NANDAN MEHTA
BJP
BJP
1600.2%
9
UPENDRA PODDAR
IND
1020.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (45th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.2% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
45th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
176th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
73rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 32.4%JNP(SC) 30.0%JNP(JP) 17.5%CPI 16.2%OTH 3.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️Shahi LitchiGI🏷️Sujini EmbroideryGI

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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