Bihar · Assembly Constituency 234 · 1985

Nokha

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Winner — 1985

SUMITRA DEVI

INC· INC

INC 34.3%LKD 33.8%21 others 31.8%

Votes

28,730

34.3% share

Winning margin

422

0.5% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

62.6%

of 1,33,683

Nokha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 422 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

⚖ Compare 1980 vs 1985

All Candidates

23 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	SUMITRA DEVI	INC INC	28,730	34.3%
2	CHAUDHARY JANGI SINGH	LKD Lok Dal	28,308	33.8%	Inc
3	GOPAL NARAIN SINGH	BJP BJP	14,307	17.1%
4	PARAS NATH SINGH	CPI Left	4,612	5.5%	DL
5	ANWAR ALAM	IND	2,287	2.7%	DL
6	DAUCHAND PANDEY	IND	1,466	1.8%	DL
7	LAL SHARAN SINGH	JNP Janata	1,270	1.5%	DL
8	SHANTI KUMAR SHILA	FBL	817	1.0%	DL
9	VIKRAMA RAM	IND	390	0.5%	DL
10	BENI MADHA CHAUDHARY	IND	249	0.3%	DL
11	HARIHAR PRASAD SINGH	IND	222	0.3%	DL
12	ASH NARAIN DEBEY	IND	147	0.2%	DL
13	UMA SHANKAR RAI	IND	145	0.2%	DL
14	RAMAYAN CHAUDHARY	IND	141	0.2%	DL
15	PATIN AHIR	IND	113	0.1%	DL
16	RAM NATH SINGH	IND	95	0.1%	DL
17	HARI PRASAD SINGH	ICJ	86	0.1%	DL
18	RAM CHANDRA SINGH	IND	65	0.1%	DL
19	KALIKA RAI	IND	63	0.1%	DL
20	RASH BEHARI SINGH	IND	53	0.1%	DL
21	MULKH RAJ SINGH	IND	49	0.1%	DL
22	AWADH NATH GUPTA	IND	48	0.1%	DL
23	MAHENDRA SINGH	IND	27	0.0%	DL

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.

The Record The Place The State

Average turnout (147th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

lean

0.5%

MORE COMPETITIVESAFER

mean 11.2% · min 0.5% · max 36.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT

67%

lowerhigher

147th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT

2.78

fewer partiesmore parties

69th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT

2.1%

lowerhigher

79th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT

2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES

INC 34.3%LKD 33.8%BJP 17.1%CPI 5.5%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Population

43,91,418

Density

883 / km²

Sex ratio

938 ♀/1000 ♂

Area

4,976 km²

SC population30.4%

ST population0.1%

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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01

88%HINDU

Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Tap water5.3%

Electricity16.3%

Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21

Institutional births76.6%

Children fully vaccinated85.0%

Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%

Children underweight (under 5)43.5%

Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%

Women literate59.4%

Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%

Clean cooking fuel34.7%

Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

3 locations

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI

Known forDISTRICT

🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut

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Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

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Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

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Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

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Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

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The area generally known as garh

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The area generally known as garh

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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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