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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1996 by-elections
Masrakh
Winner — 1996 by-elections
Tarkeshwer Singh
IND
IND 53.1%JD 26.3%33 others 20.6%
Votes
43,851
53.0% share
Winning margin
22,112
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
35
Masrakh is a safe seat — Tarkeshwer Singh won by 26.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
35 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarkeshwer Singh | IND | 43,851 | 53.0% |
| 2 | Chandani Devi | 21,739 | 26.3% | |
| 3 | Harendra Kishore Singh | 11,225 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Nagendra Singh | 1,675 | 2.0% | |
| 5 | Ram Babu Sah | IND | 975 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Umakant Tiwari | IND | 701 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Baham Dayal Singh | IND | 313 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Jitendra Kumar Singh | IND | 203 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Nurul Hoda Khan | IND | 159 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Rana Pratap Singh | IND | 157 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Shiv Dayal Mahtu | IND | 146 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Mahbub Alam Khan | IND | 139 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Shashi Bhushan Singh | IND | 133 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Bhushan Kumar | IND | 103 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Tani Singh | IND | 101 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Lal Bahadur Mahto | IND | 92 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Anand Bihari Singh | IND | 88 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Param Hansh Singh | IND | 85 | 0.1% |
| 19 | R N Singh | IND | 77 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Raj Kumar Pd Rai | IND | 76 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Sunil Kumar Singh | IND | 73 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Wakil Singh | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | IND | 63 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Yogendra Singh | IND | 59 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Mohan Prasad Singh | IND | 51 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Vijay Yadav | IND | 47 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Kailash Prasad Gupta | IND | 40 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Awadhesh Ram | IND | 37 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Kameshwer Singh | IND | 36 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Yogendra Rai | IND | 36 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Om Parkash Singh | IND | 35 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Satyendra Singh | IND | 23 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Vinda Singh | IND | 16 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Satendra Kumar Tiwari | IND | 16 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Ajit Kumar Singh | IND | 15 | 0.0% |
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 (208th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.9% · max 60.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
208th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
230th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
150th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 53.0%JD 26.3%INC 13.6%OTH 7.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,87,379
Density
1282 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,501 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.4%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.2%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation18.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.7%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Children underweight (under 5)36.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.4%
Women literate53.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel40.0%
Health insurance19.2%
What's nearby?
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