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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1990

Ghanshyampur

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Winner — 1990

MAHAVIR PRASAD
JD· National Front
JD 53.3%INC 44.6%9 others 2.2%
Votes
78,082
53.3% share
Winning margin
12,714
8.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
80.8%
of 1,81,543

A clear win with a 8.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHAVIR PRASAD
JD
National Front
78,08253.3%
2
CHANDRA KISHORE JHA
INC
INC
65,36844.6%
3
MD. KHURSEED ALAM
IND
1,2340.8%
4
VINDESHWAR YADAV
JNP(JP)
6770.5%
5
LALAN CHOUDHARY
IND
5130.3%
6
MD. HAIDAR ALI
IND
3140.2%
7
KAMESHWAR JHA
IND
1650.1%
8
RAM VILAS PASWAN
IND
1080.1%
9
KAMESHWAR YADAV
IND
660.1%
10
ANIL KU. JHA
IND
440.0%
11
ARUN KU. CHOUDHARY
IND
380.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (168th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.0% · max 47.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
168th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
128th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
179th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 53.3%INC 44.6%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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