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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 165 · 1995
Pirpainti
Winner — 1995
AMBIKA PRASAD
CPI· Left
CPI 28.7%INC 27.6%25 others 43.7%
Votes
34,416
28.7% share
Winning margin
1,237
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
27
Turnout
61.1%
of 1,96,352
Pirpainti was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 1,237 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
27 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMBIKA PRASAD | Left | 34,416 | 28.7% |
| 2 | DILIP KUMAR SINHA | INC | 33,179 | 27.6% |
| 3 | SHOBHAKANT MANDAL | IND | 17,318 | 14.4% |
| 4 | SRINIWAS MANDAL | Left | 7,180 | 6.0% |
| 5 | RAJESH KUMAR JAY | 6,128 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | SHYAM VERMA | 5,277 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | HEMANT KUMAR CHOUDHARY | BJP | 3,878 | 3.2% |
| 8 | NIRVAI KUMAR SINHA | BPP | 1,857 | 1.6% |
| 9 | RAM SHARAN CHOWDHARY | IND | 1,536 | 1.3% |
| 10 | PRAWEEN KUMAR DAS | IND | 1,072 | 0.9% |
| 11 | JAMAL UDDIN | Samajwadi Party | 1,058 | 0.9% |
| 12 | BHAIROLAL MANDAWALA | IND | 904 | 0.8% |
| 13 | RAMESH PANDEY | IND | 789 | 0.7% |
| 14 | KAILASH PRASAD DAS | IND | 744 | 0.6% |
| 15 | UDAI PRAKASH MANDAL | IND | 692 | 0.6% |
| 16 | BASUDEO SINGH | IND | 672 | 0.6% |
| 17 | GOPAL PRASAD SINGH | SJP(R) | 667 | 0.6% |
| 18 | PRADEEP KUMAR | IND | 520 | 0.4% |
| 19 | ARVIND MANDAL | IND | 450 | 0.4% |
| 20 | RAJKUMARI DEVI | IND | 438 | 0.4% |
| 21 | GOPAL YADAV | IND | 274 | 0.2% |
| 22 | RAMANAND RABIDAS | IND | 232 | 0.2% |
| 23 | SERAJ | IND | 214 | 0.2% |
| 24 | RUKMANI DEVI | IND | 210 | 0.2% |
| 25 | SURJA NARAIAN PATHAK | IND | 118 | 0.1% |
| 26 | RAMANAND GUPTA | IND | 115 | 0.1% |
| 27 | JAGDISH THAKUR | IND | 84 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (202nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.8% · max 45.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
202nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
158th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 28.7%INC 27.6%IND 14.4%CPM 6.0%SHS 5.1%OTH 18.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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