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Winner — 1995

AWADH BIHARI SINGH
INC· INC
INC 34.9%JD 34.5%24 others 30.6%
Votes
44,397
34.9% share
Winning margin
495
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
26
Turnout
62.8%
of 2,02,431

Mahagama was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 495 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

26 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AWADH BIHARI SINGH
INC
44,39734.9%
2
FAIYAZ BHAGALPURI
Janata Dal
43,90234.5%
3
KUNWAR BATESHWAR
BJP
8,1236.4%
4
BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH
JMM(S)
7,8276.2%
5
BISHWANATH BHAGAT
CSP-JSD
5,9664.7%
6
PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH
BPP
3,3322.6%
7
ASHAFAQUE RAHMAN
2,3691.9%
8
EZAZ
IND
1,8101.4%
9
NAZIRUDDIN
Samajwadi Party
1,5591.2%
10
SHANKAR PRASAD ROY
IND
1,3901.1%
11
DOMAN MAHALDAR
IND
1,2571.0%
12
RAJENDRA PASWAN
IND
1,0640.8%
13
BHUPENDRA KUMAR RAM
IND
8380.7%
14
JAYKRISHN YADAVA
IND
5850.5%
15
CHANDI PRASAD BHAGAT
IND
4470.3%
16
ARJUN PRASAD SAH
IND
3150.3%
17
JAYSINGH PASWAN
IND
2890.2%
18
ABHOY RAM
IND
2770.2%
19
SAYEED AHMAD
JMM(M)
2770.2%
20
ATAUR RAHMAN SIDDIQUI
IND
2210.2%
21
AMAL KUMAR JHA
IND
2030.2%
22
SAMSUDDIN ANSARI
IND
1930.1%
23
ASHOK RAM
IND
1780.1%
24
ASHUTOSH SINGH
IND
1500.1%
25
SIRAJUDDIN
IND
1300.1%
26
SAFID
IND
950.1%

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 (162nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
162nd of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
168th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.9%JD 34.5%BJP 6.4%JMM(S) 6.2%OTH 18.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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