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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1980
Hajipur
Winner — 1980
JAGANNATH PD. RAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 26.0%INC(U) 24.4%9 others 49.6%
Votes
20,323
26.0% share
Winning margin
1,239
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
61.4%
of 1,27,334
Hajipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,239 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAGANNATH PD. RAI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 20,323 | 26.0% |
| 2 | BASKIT RAI | 19,084 | 24.4% | |
| 3 | UMESH CHANDRA MISHRA | Left | 15,006 | 19.2% |
| 4 | JAGANNATH PD. YADAV | JNP(SC) | 12,536 | 16.0% |
| 5 | RAMANAND ANARJ | IND | 5,830 | 7.5% |
| 6 | MAHAVIR SINGH | BJP | 2,716 | 3.5% |
| 7 | MADAN PD. RAI | JNP(SR) | 1,179 | 1.5% |
| 8 | PRAMOD NARAIN SINGH | JNP(JP) | 462 | 0.6% |
| 9 | KEDAR MSITRI | IND | 450 | 0.6% |
| 10 | GONAUR SINGH | IND | 289 | 0.4% |
| 11 | CHITAWAN SINGH | IND | 265 | 0.3% |
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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.
High turnout (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.6% · max 46.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
23rd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
202nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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102nd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 26.0%INC(U) 24.4%CPI 19.2%JNP(SC) 16.0%IND 7.5%OTH 6.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.