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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PURNAMASI RAM
RJD
58,66849.2%
2
KAILASH BAITHA
IND
39,19132.9%
3
NAND KISHORE CHAUDHARY
13,23211.1%
4
MANJU RAM
INC
2,2321.9%
5
SURESH RAM
Samajwadi Party
2,0501.7%
6
OMPRAKASH HAJRA
IND
1,2841.1%
7
VISHWANATH RAM
IND
9550.8%
8
JITENDRA BHARTI
IND
8870.7%
9
LALBIHARI RAM
IND
6840.6%

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
safe
16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.5% · min 8.3% · max 54.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
70th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
210th of 243

Where 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 COMPUTED

A 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 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marcha Chura🏺Ready made Garments

Rampurva

Heritage SiteWikidata
🏛️

Ashoka column

🏛️MonumentASI

Ashoka column

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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