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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 165 · 2005 (Oct)

Khagaria

Winner — 2005 (Oct)

POONAM DEVI (YADAV)
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 38.7%CPM 27.4%6 others 34.0%
Votes
37,899
38.6% share
Winning margin
11,054
11.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
46.4%
of 2,11,335

A clear win with a 11.3% margin.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.07 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
POONAM DEVI (YADAV)
NDA (NDA)
37,89938.7%
2
GITA YADAV
26,84527.4%
3
SATYADEO SINGH
10,50210.7%
4
DHARMENDRA KUMAR
IND
9,77610.0%
5
CHANDRAMUKHI DEVI
IND
8,2168.4%
6
DR. BIBHUTI YADAV
1,9392.0%
7
SATYENDRA KUMAR
ABDBM
1,7691.8%
8
BARSHA RANI
SJP(R)
1,1081.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.3%
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
JD(U) 38.7%CPM 27.4%LJP 10.7%IND 10.0%IND 8.4%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.07 Cr

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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