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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 16

PoreyahatAssembly by-election result, 2003

Prashant Kumar (JMM) won Poreyahat in the 2003 assembly by-election with 45.4% of the vote, beating Ajit Kumar (BJP) by 608 votes.

Winner

PRASHANT KUMAR
JMM
JMM 45.4%BJP 44.9%13 others 9.7%
Votes
58,924
45.4% share
Winning margin
608
0.5% of votes
Candidates
15

Poreyahat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 608 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
PRASHANT KUMAR
JMM
JMM
58,92445.4%
2
AJIT KUMAR
BJP
BJP
58,31644.9%
3
B.PRASAD SINGH
BSP
BSP
4,7553.7%
4
SANJEEV MIRDHA
IND
IND
1,7131.3%
5
KARULAL SINGH
IND
IND
9530.7%
6
SRIKANT BAGWE
IND
IND
9420.7%
7
ANIRUDDH SAH
JVD
JVD
8580.7%
8
SANJAY KUMAR SAHNI
JPJD
JPJD
6790.5%
9
KUMUD YADAV
IND
IND
5930.5%
10
BHANU MURMU
JDP
JDP
4320.3%
11
UMA FARUK
IND
IND
4230.3%
12
RANJAN MANDAL
IND
IND
4180.3%
13
AMIK LAL MAHTO
IND
IND
3580.3%
14
JALESHWAR YADAV
IND
IND
2330.2%
15
KRISHNA KUMAR TIWARI
IND
IND
2060.2%

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A close contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
0.5%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Two or three

JMM, BJP and BSP took 94% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.44

How did the vote split?

SEAT
45.4%won by JMM
JMM 45.4%BJP 44.9%Others 9.7%

Godda district · 13.1 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Tasar Silk.

this districtdashed line = India

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,13,551
Density
580 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,266 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population21.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
  • Hindu71.3%
  • Muslim22.0%
  • Christian2.9%
  • Sikh<0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)3.6%
  • Not stated0.2%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water3.7%
Electric lighting17.2%
Toilet at home10.5%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 1848.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

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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