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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 165 · 2005 (Feb)

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

POONAM DEVI (YADAV)
LJP· LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
LJP 38.4%BJP 29.8%8 others 31.8%
Votes
40,317
38.4% share
Winning margin
9,021
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
49.7%
of 2,11,335

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
POONAM DEVI (YADAV)
LJP
LJP-Congress alliance (UPA)
40,31738.4%
2
CHANDRAMUKHI DEVI
BJP
NDA
31,29629.8%
3
YOGENDRA SINGH
CPM
16,47315.7%
4
DHARMENDRA KUMAR
IND
8,1157.7%
5
BARSHA RANI
SJP(R)
2,6862.6%
6
UMESH THAKUR
RLSM
2,0191.9%
7
MD. HARUN RASHID
BSP
BSP
1,2701.2%
8
RANJIT KUMAR SAH
SHS
1,0791.0%
9
RAMGULAM SAHNI
SAP
1,0511.0%
10
MITHILESH CHANDRA MUKUL
SP
7310.7%

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 (202nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.8% · max 45.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
202nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
158th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LJP 38.4%BJP 29.8%CPM 15.7%IND 7.7%OTH 8.4%

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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