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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 188 · 2006 by-elections
Patna West
Winner — 2006 by-elections
Nitin Naveen
BJP 82.3%INC 11.8%11 others 5.9%
Votes
76,025
82.3% share
Winning margin
65,167
70.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Patna West is a safe seat — Nitin Naveen won by 70.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitin Naveen | 76,025 | 82.3% | |
| 2 | Ajay Kumar Singh | 10,858 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Chandan Rai | 1,484 | 1.6% | |
| 4 | Surendra Kumar Upadhyay | IND | 657 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Anjani Kumar | 580 | 0.6% | |
| 6 | Raju Kumar Vidyarthi | IND | 577 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Dinesh Kumar Dev | IND | 513 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Mithlesh Kumar | IJP | 328 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Chandra Dev Thakur | IND | 315 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Vinay Kumar | IND | 302 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Manoj Kumar | IND | 287 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Ashok Prasad | IND | 222 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Arvind Prasad Singh | IND | 216 | 0.2% |
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 (148th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe70.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.4% · max 50.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
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148th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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106th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 82.3%INC 11.8%OTH 5.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.