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Winner — 1985

SHAKIL UZZAMA
INC· INC
INC 31.5%BJP 31.2%18 others 37.3%
Votes
41,939
31.5% share
Winning margin
377
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
67.9%
of 1,96,108

Bihar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 377 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAKIL UZZAMA
INC
41,93931.5%
2
DEONATH PRASAD
BJP
41,56231.2%
3
BED PRAKASH SINGH
Left
38,58829.0%
4
MD. NASIM AKHTAR
IND
2,9832.2%
5
RANJEET PASWAN
IND
2,2051.7%
6
ASHOK KUMAR
Janata
2,0321.5%
7
SYED NAJEEM AKHTAR
IND
8990.7%
8
NARSINGH LAL
IND
8930.7%
9
S. AHMED SABRI
Lok Dal
5960.5%
10
PANNA LAL
IND
3690.3%
11
MUSTAQUEEM KHAN
IND
3010.2%
12
SUBHASHCHANDRA YADAV
IND
2440.2%
13
SURYA BANSHI THAKUR
ICS
2160.2%
14
JWALA SINGH
IND
690.1%
15
MD. RIZWAN
IND
690.1%
16
BALRAM SINGH
IND
350.0%
17
ABHAI KUMAR
IND
320.0%
18
NARAYAN PRASAD
IND
300.0%
19
PRAMESHWAR KUMAR
IND
290.0%
20
ANWARUL HASAN
IND
190.0%

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 (238th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.5%BJP 31.2%CPI 29.0%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

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