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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 2 · 2000Reserved (SC)
Bagha
Winner — 2000
PURNAMASI RAM
RJD· RJD
RJD 49.2%IND 32.9%7 others 17.9%
Votes
58,668
49.2% share
Winning margin
19,477
16.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.4%
of 2,19,242
Bagha is a safe seat — PURNAMASI RAM won by 16.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PURNAMASI RAM | RJD | 58,668 | 49.2% |
| 2 | KAILASH BAITHA | IND | 39,191 | 32.9% |
| 3 | NAND KISHORE CHAUDHARY | 13,232 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | MANJU RAM | INC | 2,232 | 1.9% |
| 5 | SURESH RAM | Samajwadi Party | 2,050 | 1.7% |
| 6 | OMPRAKASH HAJRA | IND | 1,284 | 1.1% |
| 7 | VISHWANATH RAM | IND | 955 | 0.8% |
| 8 | JITENDRA BHARTI | IND | 887 | 0.7% |
| 9 | LALBIHARI RAM | IND | 684 | 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.
Average turnout (70th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.5% · min 8.3% · max 54.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
70th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
210th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 49.2%IND 32.9%SAP 11.1%OTH 6.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.