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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 151 · 1995
Pakaur
Winner — 1995
BENI PRASAD GUPTA
BJP· BJP
BJP 25.0%INC 23.4%27 others 51.6%
Votes
28,278
25.0% share
Winning margin
1,808
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
29
Turnout
67.8%
of 1,66,799
Pakaur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,808 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
29 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BENI PRASAD GUPTA | BJP | 28,278 | 25.0% |
| 2 | ALAMGIR ALAM | INC | 26,470 | 23.4% |
| 3 | KRISHNA KANT MANDAL | Left | 18,653 | 16.5% |
| 4 | JULHAS MANDAL | JMM(S) | 10,126 | 8.9% |
| 5 | MD. IKBAL | IND | 7,961 | 7.0% |
| 6 | SEKH BASIRUDDIN | Janata Dal | 6,869 | 6.1% |
| 7 | PANCHANAN SINGH | BPP | 3,465 | 3.1% |
| 8 | ABUL HASSAN |  MUL | 1,438 | 1.3% |
| 9 | PRADIP KUMAR UPADHYAY | IND | 1,110 | 1.0% |
| 10 | SAGO YADAV | IND | 1,093 | 1.0% |
| 11 | BANNALAL KHEMANI | IND | 1,077 | 0.9% |
| 12 | A. KADIR | 1,026 | 0.9% | |
| 13 | MADAN MOHAN DOKANIA | IND | 808 | 0.7% |
| 14 | NAIM AKHTAR | IND | 668 | 0.6% |
| 15 | VOKDAR SAIKH | Samajwadi Party | 642 | 0.6% |
| 16 | SANTOSH KUMAR ARYA | CSP-JSD | 613 | 0.5% |
| 17 | MD. ABDULLA | IND | 430 | 0.4% |
| 18 | MAHAVIR TURI | JMM(M) | 400 | 0.3% |
| 19 | RADHEY SHYAM BHAGAT | IND | 381 | 0.3% |
| 20 | RAJKUMAR BHAGAT | IND | 370 | 0.3% |
| 21 | GAJO SAHA | IND | 355 | 0.3% |
| 22 | MATIUR RAHAMAN | IND | 228 | 0.2% |
| 23 | ANAND TURI | IND | 152 | 0.1% |
| 24 | SAHDEO KEWET | IND | 130 | 0.1% |
| 25 | SURENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAY | IND | 97 | 0.1% |
| 26 | SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWAL | IND | 92 | 0.1% |
| 27 | MANSUR RAHMAN | IND | 89 | 0.1% |
| 28 | ANIS KHAN | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
| 29 | ASHOK KUMAR BHAGAT | IND | 77 | 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 (121st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.5% · max 33.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
121st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
240th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
80th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 25.0%INC 23.4%CPM 16.5%JMM(S) 8.9%IND 7.0%JD 6.1%OTH 13.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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