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Winner — 1985

AMAR NATH TIWARI
INC· INC
INC 62.1%LKD 29.5%11 others 8.4%
Votes
54,517
62.1% share
Winning margin
28,645
32.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
64.8%
of 1,35,391

Dhamdaha is a safe seat — AMAR NATH TIWARI won by 32.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMAR NATH TIWARI
INC
54,51762.1%
2
SURYA NA. SINGH YADAV
Lok Dal
25,87229.5%
3
RABINDRA NATH SINGH
Left
2,3742.7%
4
SHUK DEO TUDU
IND
1,2601.4%
5
SURENDRA NA. SINGH
IND
8220.9%
6
RAM BILAS S.
Janata
6520.7%
7
SUDHANSHU KUMAR SINGH
IND
4640.5%
8
ARBIND DAS
IND
4260.5%
9
ALAKH SINGH
IND
3630.4%
10
BADRI MANDAL
IND
2940.3%
11
JAI NA. YA.
IND
2890.3%
12
INDRADEO PASWAN
IND
2190.3%
13
KULTU NAND SINGH
IND
2120.2%

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.

Average turnout (79th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 3.6% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
79th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.13
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
99th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.1%LKD 29.5%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

Basarh

Heritage SiteWikidata
Vaishali

Vaishali

Heritage SiteWikidata
Relic stupa (excavated remains of stupa)

Relic stupa (excavated remains of stupa)

🏛️MonumentASI

Relic stupa (excavated remains of stupa)

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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