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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 219 · 1985
Buxar
Winner — 1985
SRI KANT PATHAK
INC· INC
INC 29.8%JNP 21.0%17 others 49.2%
Votes
19,785
29.8% share
Winning margin
5,810
8.7% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
47.5%
of 1,40,119
A clear win with a 8.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRI KANT PATHAK | INC | 19,785 | 29.8% |
| 2 | VASIST NARAIN | Janata | 13,975 | 21.0% |
| 3 | MANJU PRAKASH | Left | 13,644 | 20.5% |
| 4 | KASHI NATH SINGH | Left | 6,581 | 9.9% |
| 5 | KASHESHWAR NATH VERMA | BJP | 5,038 | 7.6% |
| 6 | ONKAR NATH JAISWAL | Lok Dal | 3,238 | 4.9% |
| 7 | GEETA MISSIR | ICJ | 1,037 | 1.6% |
| 8 | BRIJ RAJ THAKUR | IND | 818 | 1.2% |
| 9 | TRIPURARI PRASAD CHOUBEY | IND | 727 | 1.1% |
| 10 | PREM CHANDRA UPADHYAY | IND | 640 | 1.0% |
| 11 | SYED JUNAID ALAM | IND | 232 | 0.3% |
| 12 | SIDHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | IND | 231 | 0.3% |
| 13 | KUMAR MOHAN CHOUBEY | IND | 136 | 0.2% |
| 14 | CHATURI PRASAD SINGH | IND | 102 | 0.1% |
| 15 | HARE KRISHNA SINGH | IND | 87 | 0.1% |
| 16 | GANESH PRASAD KESHARI | IND | 78 | 0.1% |
| 17 | RAMESH AKHOURI | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
| 18 | SRI NIWAS CHOUBEY | IND | 42 | 0.1% |
| 19 | SANTOSH KUMAR | IND | 34 | 0.1% |
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 (126th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean8.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.6% · max 32.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
126th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
70th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 29.8%JNP 21.0%CPM 20.5%CPI 9.9%BJP 7.6%OTH 11.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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