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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 158 · 2000Reserved (SC)
Deoghar
Winner — 2000
SURESH PASWAN
RJD· RJD
RJD 41.1%JD(U) 23.3%7 others 35.6%
Votes
48,216
41.1% share
Winning margin
20,818
17.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
52.4%
of 2,23,904
Deoghar is a safe seat — SURESH PASWAN won by 17.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURESH PASWAN | RJD | 48,216 | 41.1% |
| 2 | SHANKAR PASWAN | NDA | 27,398 | 23.3% |
| 3 | KAMESHWAR NATH DAS | INC | 26,362 | 22.4% |
| 4 | RAGHUNATH DAS | 7,757 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | RAMDEO PRASAD DAS | BSP | 3,165 | 2.7% |
| 6 | DHARMRAJ KUMAR | IND | 2,489 | 2.1% |
| 7 | SANJAY KUMAR | NCP | 1,228 | 1.1% |
| 8 | KEDAN NATH DAS | IND | 428 | 0.4% |
| 9 | RAVI KANT DAS | NDPF | 362 | 0.3% |
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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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean17.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.1% · max 54.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
62nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
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74th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 41.1%JD(U) 23.3%INC 22.4%JMM 6.6%OTH 6.5%
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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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.