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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1980
Jalalpur
Winner — 1980
KUMAR KALIKA SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 36.7%BJP 20.9%6 others 42.3%
Votes
24,326
36.7% share
Winning margin
10,447
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
49.4%
of 1,34,041
Jalalpur is a safe seat — KUMAR KALIKA SINGH won by 15.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUMAR KALIKA SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,326 | 36.7% |
| 2 | MADHUSUDAN SINGH | BJP | 13,879 | 20.9% |
| 3 | RAJ KISHORE RAI | Left | 11,070 | 16.7% |
| 4 | BAMESHWAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 9,679 | 14.6% |
| 5 | SRI BAHGWAN RAI | JNP(SC) | 6,108 | 9.2% |
| 6 | AJAY AJNABI | IND | 763 | 1.1% |
| 7 | RAM DAS | IND | 265 | 0.4% |
| 8 | SURENDRA SINGH | IND | 172 | 0.3% |
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 (114th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.9% · max 40.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
114th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
92nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.5%
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42nd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 36.7%BJP 20.9%CPI 16.7%JNP(JP) 14.6%JNP(SC) 9.2%OTH 1.8%
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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.