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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1995

Simri-Bakhtiarpur

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Winner — 1995

CHOUDHARY MD. MEHBOOB ALI KAISHER
INC· INC
INC 43.9%JD 43.7%15 others 12.5%
Votes
51,734
43.9% share
Winning margin
245
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
66.6%
of 1,76,943

Simri-Bakhtiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 245 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHOUDHARY MD. MEHBOOB ALI KAISHER
INC
INC
51,73443.9%
2
DINESH CHANDRA YADAV
JD
Janata Dal
51,48943.7%
3
GOPAL KRISHNA
SAP
4,9744.2%
4
JAI PRAKASH YADAV
CPI
Left
3,0232.6%
5
KAPILESHWAR PRASAD YADAV
IND
2,0601.8%
6
CHANDRAMANI PRASAD
IND
9750.8%
7
BALESHWAR MEHTA
BPP
9680.8%
8
GUNI SADA
IND
5480.5%
9
BIDYANAND SINGH
IND
5150.4%
10
RAHIMUDDIN
IND
4200.4%
11
PRADEEP GUPTA
IND
3250.3%
12
NAGESHWAR CHOUDHARY
IND
2600.2%
13
SRIKANT PODDAR
IND
1850.2%
14
BINDESHWARI PRASAD VERMA
IND
1360.1%
15
PULENDRA KUMAR
IND
1320.1%
16
ABDUR RAB
IND
990.1%
17
ANIL KUMAR
IND
730.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (160th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 0.2% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
160th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
177th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.9%JD 43.7%OTH 12.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,51,862
Density
1496 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,641 km²
SC population12.0%
ST population0.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 10.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity14.8%
Sanitation21.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.8%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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