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Winner — 1985

SHEO CHANDRA JHA
INC· INC
INC 61.1%JNP 15.3%12 others 23.6%
Votes
51,755
61.1% share
Winning margin
38,759
45.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
61.4%
of 1,38,085

Bhagalpur is a safe seat — SHEO CHANDRA JHA won by 45.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEO CHANDRA JHA
INC
51,75561.1%
2
FAIYAZ BHAGALPURI
Janata
12,99615.3%
3
BANARSI PRA GUPTA
Lok Dal
9,30111.0%
4
VIJAY KUMAR MITRA
BJP
8,66610.2%
5
ASHOK KUMAR GHOSH
IND
8601.0%
6
MIRZA ABBAS HUSSAIN
ICJ
2540.3%
7
PRATAP SAH
IND
1900.2%
8
SOHAN BHARTI
IND
1300.1%
9
RAM NIWAS TIWARI
IND
1250.1%
10
UDAI SHANKER VERMA
IND
1140.1%
11
EKBAL FARUK
IND
1040.1%
12
KAILASH RAI
IND
880.1%
13
MAHABIR LAL
IND
830.1%
14
RAM NARAYAN SAH
IND
760.1%

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.

Average turnout (185th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
45.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.6% · max 45.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
185th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
139th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
58th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.1%JNP 15.3%LKD 11.0%BJP 10.2%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,00,912
Density
815 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,228 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.8%
Electricity27.1%
Sanitation31.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.8%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.6%
Women literate57.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance15.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses (Masoor)🏺Tomato

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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