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Winner — 2000 by-elections

Sushil Kumar Singh
JD(U) 41.2%RJD 29.4%14 others 29.5%
Votes
48,180
41.2% share
Winning margin
13,832
11.8% of votes
Total candidates
16

A clear win with a 11.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sushil Kumar Singh
48,18041.2%
2
Vijay Prakash
34,34829.4%
3
Umashankar Bhagat
IND
28,99324.8%
4
Rajendra Prasad Singh
2,6322.3%
5
Shankar Singh
IND
6490.6%
6
Ranbeer Singh
IND
4040.3%
7
Sidheshwar Paswan
IND
3470.3%
8
Dharmendra Kumar
3230.3%
9
Praveen Kumar Singh
IND
2760.2%
10
Tahir
IND
2050.2%
11
Chandra Bhushan Prasad
IND
1610.1%
12
Sookdeo Mandal
IND
1550.1%
13
Vimal Krishna Sinha
IND
1390.1%
14
Nand Kishore Manjhi
IND
670.1%
15
Suryadeo Bhagat
IND
530.1%
16
Devendra Ram
IND
510.0%

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 (148th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.4% · max 50.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
148th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
106th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD(U) 41.2%RJD 29.4%IND 24.8%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

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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