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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 209 · 2000
Dinapur
Winner — 2000
LALU PRASAD
RJD· RJD
RJD 56.5%BJP 41.0%9 others 2.5%
Votes
64,085
56.5% share
Winning margin
17,555
15.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
56.6%
of 2,00,488
Dinapur is a safe seat — LALU PRASAD won by 15.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LALU PRASAD | RJD | 64,085 | 56.5% |
| 2 | RAMA NAND YADAV | NDA | 46,530 | 41.0% |
| 3 | SHASHI SHEKHAR PRASAD | INC | 1,167 | 1.0% |
| 4 | RAM PRASAD PASWAN | BSP | 605 | 0.5% |
| 5 | RAJ NA RAI | CPI(ML)(L) | 253 | 0.2% |
| 6 | RAVI RAY | IND | 192 | 0.2% |
| 7 | BIJAY SINGH YADAV | IND | 142 | 0.1% |
| 8 | MD. ISRAIL ANSARI | BMF | 129 | 0.1% |
| 9 | PRAMOD KUMAR SRIBASTAV | IND | 107 | 0.1% |
| 10 | J. P. SHARMA | IND | 105 | 0.1% |
| 11 | PANCHA NAND SINGH | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
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 (150th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean15.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.8% · max 30.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
150th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.54
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
164th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 56.5%BJP 41.0%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
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.