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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 109 · 2005 (Feb)Reserved (SC)

Bakhri

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

RAM BINOD PASWAN
CPI· CPI
CPI 35.6%RJD 20.4%9 others 44.0%
Votes
33,639
35.6% share
Winning margin
14,432
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
51.9%
of 1,81,931

Bakhri is a safe seat — RAM BINOD PASWAN won by 15.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM BINOD PASWAN
CPI
CPI
33,63935.6%
2
RAMANAND RAM
RJD
19,20720.4%
3
DHIRENDRA KUMAR
LJP
17,89919.0%
4
RAJENDRA PASWAN
BJP
NDA
10,51411.1%
5
NAND KISHOR SADA
SP
2,8323.0%
6
SHIV NARAYAN RAM
BSP
BSP
2,3252.5%
7
RAM SHANKAR PASWAN
IND
2,2142.3%
8
RAJA RAM ARYA
CPI(ML)(L)
2,1752.3%
9
UPENDRA PASWAN
IND
1,4291.5%
10
PALTAN SADA
AD
1,1461.2%
11
ARUN PASWAN
IND
9931.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.3% · max 62.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
225th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 35.6%RJD 20.4%LJP 19.0%BJP 11.1%OTH 13.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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