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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 236 · 1996 by-elections

Nabinagar

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Winner — 1996 by-elections

Lovely Anand
SP
SP 48.4%JD 42.1%6 others 9.5%
Votes
56,144
48.4% share
Winning margin
7,343
6.3% of votes
Total candidates
8

A clear win with a 6.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Lovely Anand
SP
56,14448.4%
2
Bheem Kumar
JD
48,80142.1%
3
Naresh Singh
BSP
4,2103.6%
4
Lakshami Sharma
CPI(ML)(L)
2,3772.0%
5
Mrityunjay Singh
INC
1,6961.5%
6
Nirmal Kumar Singh
SP
1,4461.3%
7
Vijay Kumar Singh
IND
1,1050.9%
8
Lalu Gupta
IND
2040.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (226th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.3% · max 41.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
226th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.18
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
59th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 48.4%JD 42.1%OTH 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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