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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 164 · 2005 (Feb)

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

SUNITA SHARMA
LJP· LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
LJP 27.6%JD(U) 23.1%7 others 49.2%
Votes
28,691
27.6% share
Winning margin
4,667
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
50.9%
of 2,04,018

A closely fought contest. SUNITA SHARMA won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUNITA SHARMA
LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
28,69127.6%
2
PANNALAL SINGH 'PATEL'
NDA
24,02423.1%
3
SATYANARAYAN SINGH
20,48619.7%
4
BHARAT KUMAR YADAV
KVSP
19,26718.5%
5
CHALITAR SADA
IND
3,3843.3%
6
MAHENDRA PRASAD GUPTA
RLSM
2,6382.5%
7
SHYAM SUNDAR MANDAL
BSP
2,3022.2%
8
KUMOD JHA
SJP(R)
1,7341.7%
9
SUBHAS CHANDRA
1,3401.3%

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 (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
162nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
168th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LJP 27.6%JD(U) 23.1%CPI 19.7%KVSP 18.5%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha

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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