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Winner — 1990

DEN NATH PRASAD
BJP· BJP
BJP 28.8%INC 27.9%23 others 43.3%
Votes
47,345
28.8% share
Winning margin
1,444
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
25
Turnout
72.5%
of 2,26,816

Bihar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 1,444 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

25 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEN NATH PRASAD
BJP
47,34528.8%
2
SHAKILUZZAMA
INC
45,90127.9%
3
VED PRAKASH SINGH
Left
43,27726.3%
4
RAM CHANDER PRASAD
National Front
10,5036.4%
5
RANJIT PASWAN
IND
4,8162.9%
6
LAVKUSH PRASAD
IND
3,8922.4%
7
K.P. SINHA
IND
2,6561.6%
8
BIRENDER KUMAR SINGH
IPF
2,0441.2%
9
KHURSHIDA ALAM
IND
1,7101.0%
10
ASHIF KAHN
IND
4780.3%
11
SUBHASH CHANDAR
IND
3700.2%
12
INDERJIT PRASAD
IND
3180.2%
13
BALI RAM PRASAD SINGH
IND
2630.2%
14
SUKHDEV MISTRI
IND
2520.1%
15
SAHJAD ANWAR
IND
1220.1%
16
BALRAM KUMAR
IND
1060.1%
17
BIRENDER KUMAR SINHA
IND
1040.1%
18
ACHARYA JAWAHAR NATH
IND
830.1%
19
BASANT CHOUDHARY
IND
830.1%
20
RAJ KISHOR PRASAD
IND
720.0%
21
MISHRI LAL SAHU
IND
580.0%
22
MOHD. SAFIR ALAM
IND
490.0%
23
SUNIL KUMAR
IND
380.0%
24
H.M. HEMAYUN AKHTAR
IND
130.0%
25
AJNI KUMAR
IND
60.0%

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
0.9%
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
BJP 28.8%INC 27.9%CPI 26.3%JD 6.4%OTH 10.6%

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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