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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 158 · 1990Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1990

BAIDYANATH DAS
INC· INC
INC 33.0%CPI 29.6%10 others 37.4%
Votes
25,633
33.0% share
Winning margin
2,629
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
41.8%
of 1,86,044

A closely fought contest. BAIDYANATH DAS won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAIDYANATH DAS
INC
INC
25,63333.0%
2
SURESH PASWAN
CPI
Left
23,00429.6%
3
GOBIND PASWAN
BJP
BJP
14,17018.2%
4
KAMLI DEVI
JD
National Front
7,3769.5%
5
PAWAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY
JMM
2,2642.9%
6
BHUDEO DAS
JNP(JP)
2,1912.8%
7
WALESHWAR DAS
IND
1,0461.4%
8
KRISHNADEO RAJAK
IND
7731.0%
9
GOVIND RAVIDAS
IND
6060.8%
10
SUKDEO MEHRA
IND
2750.3%
11
CHANDRA MOHAN DAS
IND
2460.3%
12
JAG NARAYAN DAS
IND
1640.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.1% · max 54.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
62nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
74th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.0%CPI 29.6%BJP 18.2%JD 9.5%OTH 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
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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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