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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 158 · 1985Reserved (SC)
Deoghar
Winner — 1985
BAIDYANATH DAS
INC· INC
INC 37.8%CPI 29.4%6 others 32.8%
Votes
16,589
37.8% share
Winning margin
3,667
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
30.0%
of 1,46,249
A clear win with a 8.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAIDYANATH DAS | INC | 16,589 | 37.8% |
| 2 | SURESH PASWAN | Left | 12,922 | 29.4% |
| 3 | RAGHUNATH DAS | IND | 6,486 | 14.8% |
| 4 | SHIVRAM CHOUDHRY | 3,042 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | KULDIP RABIDAS | BJP | 2,247 | 5.1% |
| 6 | HURO HAZRA | IND | 1,599 | 3.6% |
| 7 | JAGNARAYAN DAS | Janata | 591 | 1.4% |
| 8 | BABULAL DAS | IND | 429 | 1.0% |
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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.1% · max 54.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
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62nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
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74th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.8%CPI 29.4%IND 14.8%JMM 6.9%BJP 5.1%OTH 6.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bhagalpur SilkGI🏺Jardalu Mango🏺Manjusha Painting
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.