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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 43 · 2005 (Feb)
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Winner — 2005 (Feb)
CHANDRIKA RAY
RJD· RJD
RJD 43.6%JD(U) 40.0%3 others 16.4%
Votes
36,597
43.6% share
Winning margin
3,072
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
41.3%
of 2,03,243
A closely fought contest. CHANDRIKA RAY won with a 3.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHANDRIKA RAY | RJD | 36,597 | 43.6% |
| 2 | CHHOTELAL RAI | NDA | 33,525 | 40.0% |
| 3 | SANDHAYA RAY | 7,473 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | LAL BAHADUR PANDEY | BSP | 3,523 | 4.2% |
| 5 | KHAKHANU RAM | IND | 2,762 | 3.3% |
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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 (67th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 1.7% · max 51.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
67th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.5%
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41st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 43.6%JD(U) 40.0%LJP 8.9%OTH 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.