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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Shikarpur

Winner — 1972

SITARAM PRASAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 52.3%IND 27.8%4 others 19.9%
Votes
19,082
52.3% share
Winning margin
8,934
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
33.5%
of 1,08,974

Shikarpur is a safe seat — SITARAM PRASAD won by 24.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SITARAM PRASAD
Congress (R)
19,08252.3%
2
BHOLA RAM TUFANI
IND
10,14827.8%
3
VIDYA K. VIDYALANKAR
Grand Alliance
3,98010.9%
4
SHEONATH RAM
1,9155.3%
5
SONA MALLIK
1,1823.2%
6
DHARMDEO PRASAD
Grand Alliance
1740.5%

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 (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 2.8% · max 72.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
72nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
159th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.3%IND 27.8%BJS 10.9%SOP 5.3%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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