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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 155 · 2009 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Dhuraiya

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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Manish Kumar
JD(U)
JD(U) 33.1%RJD 29.8%4 others 37.1%
Votes
27,382
33.1% share
Winning margin
2,695
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
6

A closely fought contest. Manish Kumar won with a 3.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Manish Kumar
JD(U)
27,38233.1%
2
Naresh Das
RJD
24,68729.8%
3
Munilal Paswan
CPI
15,42018.6%
4
Geeta Shankar
INC
7,2148.7%
5
Ramrup Harijan
IND
5,0256.1%
6
Shrikant Rajak
IND
3,0083.6%

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

High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
40th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
18 seats · 10 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 33.1%RJD 29.8%CPI 18.6%INC 8.7%IND 6.1%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bhagalpur SilkGI🏺Jardalu Mango🏺Manjusha Painting

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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