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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2009

Poreyahat

Winner — 2009

PRADIP YADAV
JVM· UPA (UPA)
JVM 48.2%JMM 21.8%14 others 29.9%
Votes
67,105
48.2% share
Winning margin
36,704
26.4% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
63.3%
of 2,19,806

Poreyahat is a safe seat — PRADIP YADAV won by 26.4%.

Seat history

7 of 16 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.11 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRADIP YADAV
JVM
UPA (UPA)
67,10548.2%
2
SURAJ MANDAL
UPA
30,40121.9%
3
PRASHANT KUMAR
NDA
24,13317.3%
4
KHAGENDRA PRASAD MAHTO
LTSD
3,7792.7%
5
BUNIYA DEVI
UPA
2,6551.9%
6
HEMANT KUMAR YADAV
IND
2,2671.6%
7
LAKSHMIKANT YADAV
IND
1,5551.1%
8
MAHENDRA PRASAD SINGH
BSP
1,1470.8%
9
GOPAL MANDAL
IND
9800.7%
10
SUBODH KISKU
IND
9770.7%
11
SANJAY KR. SINHA
IND
8750.6%
12
DIWAKAR PRASAD YADAV
AITC
UPA
8670.6%
13
BASUDEO YADAV
IND
7140.5%
14
SANTOSH MARANDI
6690.5%
15
PREM LAL SHARMA
IND
5870.4%
16
RAMBHAJAN SAH
IND
4260.3%

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

Average turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 6.2% · max 26.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
41st of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
16th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JVM 48.2%JMM 21.9%BJP 17.3%OTH 12.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/16

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.11 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

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
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 22.0%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity17.2%
Sanitation10.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

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