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Bahalda

Winner — 1995

KHELARAM MAHALI
JPP
JPP 30.4%JD 28.7%20 others 40.9%
Votes
21,564
30.4% share
Winning margin
1,175
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
60.0%
of 1,18,224

Bahalda was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,175 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHELARAM MAHALI
JPP
21,56430.4%
2
SURENDRA NATH NAIK
Janata Dal
20,38928.7%
3
BIRSA KANDANKEL
INC
15,95922.5%
4
CHHATRAI HANSDAH
2,0923.0%
5
RAMRAI MAJHI
BJP
2,0292.9%
6
PRAHALLAD PURTY
IND
1,6782.4%
7
BAGUN SINGH
IND
1,1651.6%
8
FAGU BASKEY
JKP
1,0721.5%
9
SUNIL MUNDA
IND
9351.3%
10
PURNIMA MUNDA
IND
8631.2%
11
RAMCHANDRA HANSDAH
IND
8001.1%
12
DULALAL MAHALI
IND
4180.6%
13
THAKURDAS SOREN
IND
3210.5%
14
GULIA HEMBRAM
IND
2810.4%
15
LAXMAN SINGH PURTY
IND
2670.4%
16
GOBINDA SOREN
IND
2120.3%
17
GHASIRAM MARANDI
IND
2100.3%
18
ANANTA TUDU
IND
1920.3%
19
SUDARSHAN SOY
IND
1800.3%
20
BIKRAMADITYA TUDU
IND
1530.2%
21
KANHU SOREN
IND
1130.2%
22
JITRAI HEMBRAM
IND
610.1%

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

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 (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.7% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
63rd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
85th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JPP 30.4%JD 28.7%INC 22.5%OTH 18.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,81,255
Density
254 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,837 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population19.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.8%
Electricity44.7%
Sanitation16.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated95.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.6%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel31.9%
Health insurance45.5%

What's nearby?

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