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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 155 · 2000
Jamtara
Winner — 2000
FURKAN ANSARI
INC· INC
INC 39.5%BJP 31.7%5 others 28.8%
Votes
42,002
39.5% share
Winning margin
8,264
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
63.3%
of 1,67,935
A clear win with a 7.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FURKAN ANSARI | INC | 42,002 | 39.5% |
| 2 | BISHNU PRASAD BHAIYA | NDA | 33,738 | 31.7% |
| 3 | SHYAM LAL HEMBRAM | 23,541 | 22.1% | |
| 4 | JAY PRAKASH MANDAL | 3,578 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | CHINTAMANI MANDAL | 1,984 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | ASIT KUMAR MANDAL | Samajwadi Party | 861 | 0.8% |
| 7 | SHIV SHANKAR LAL MURMU | IND | 667 | 0.6% |
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.
High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
40th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
176th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.5%BJP 31.7%JMM 22.1%OTH 6.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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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