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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Bakhri

Winner — 1985

RAM VINOD PASWAN
CPI· Left
CPI 42.3%INC 37.1%7 others 20.6%
Votes
25,289
42.3% share
Winning margin
3,148
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
50.6%
of 1,18,038

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM VINOD PASWAN
Left
25,28942.3%
2
YUGAL KISHORE SHARMA
INC
22,14137.1%
3
UPENDRA PASWAN
Lok Dal
7,74813.0%
4
SURESH RAJAK
BJP
1,4152.4%
5
RAM NANDAN PASWAN
IND
8151.4%
6
YOGENDRA PASWAN
IND
7081.2%
7
SHYAM SUNDER RAJAK
IND
5901.0%
8
RAMESH KUMAR SAILESH
IND
5841.0%
9
BASU DEO AZAD
IND
4320.7%

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.

Low turnout (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.3% · max 62.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
225th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 42.3%INC 37.1%LKD 13.0%OTH 7.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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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