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Winner — 1995

RAMNATH YADAVA
CPI· Left
CPI 34.4%INC 34.2%26 others 31.4%
Votes
41,409
34.4% share
Winning margin
336
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
28
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,89,568

Bikram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 336 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

28 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMNATH YADAVA
Left
41,40934.4%
2
C.P. THAKUR
INC
41,07334.1%
3
RAM JANAM SHARMA
IND
14,08311.7%
4
SHIV PUJAN
CPI(ML)(L)
8,2646.9%
5
ASHOK SINGH
4,0613.4%
6
USHA DEVI
BJP
2,0961.7%
7
SITARAM RAM
IND
1,6271.4%
8
SIKANDER BADSHAH
IND
1,0120.8%
9
MEENA DEVI
IND
8970.8%
10
SIDDNI KUMAR RAI
IND
7810.7%
11
VINOD KUMAR
IND
6900.6%
12
BARJESH KUMAR
IND
4080.3%
13
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
3800.3%
14
SURESH SINGH
IND
3790.3%
15
SURENDRA SINGH
IND
3510.3%
16
SURESH MAHTO
IND
3420.3%
17
AJAY KUMAR SINGH
Left
3000.3%
18
RAM LADDU PRASAD
IND
2850.2%
19
TAPESHWAR KUMAR
IND
2770.2%
20
CHUNNU YADAVA
2470.2%
21
LAL BABU SHARMA
IND
2440.2%
22
CHANDRADHARI SINGH
2190.2%
23
RAM BRIKSHA SINGH
IND
2060.2%
24
HARIHAR NATH PRASAD
IND
1440.1%
25
SUDHIR KUMAR
IND
1400.1%
26
AMRIKA PASWAN
IND
1170.1%
27
AJAY KUMAR
IND
1160.1%
28
ANAND KUMAR
IND
1090.1%

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 (179th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
179th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
198th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
180th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 34.4%INC 34.1%IND 11.7%CPI(ML)(L) 6.9%OTH 12.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,59,918
Density
763 / km²
Sex ratio
918 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,881 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.4%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity25.2%
Sanitation28.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated86.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)48.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.9%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance17.2%

What's nearby?

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