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Brahmpur

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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

AJIT CHOUDHARY
RJD· RJD
RJD 33.1%BJP 29.0%12 others 37.8%
Votes
33,632
33.2% share
Winning margin
4,177
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
46.2%
of 2,19,505

A closely fought contest. AJIT CHOUDHARY won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT CHOUDHARY
RJD
RJD
33,63233.2%
2
NARVADESHWAR TIWARI
BJP
NDA
29,45529.0%
3
HARE RAM PANDEY
BSP
BSP
14,85614.6%
4
JAI RAJ CHAUDHARY
SP
8,3048.2%
5
SWAMINATH TIWARI
LJP
4,8884.8%
6
KEDAR SINGH
IND
3,8843.8%
7
ABHISHEK SINGH OR PAPPU KUMAR SINGH
IND
1,7771.8%
8
SUDHAKAR PANDEY
SJP(R)
1,1501.1%
9
SHAH MOHAMMAD ANSRI
IND
1,0481.0%
10
ANKLESH GIRI
SHS
6930.7%
11
KRISHNA KUMAR PANDEY
ABJS
4960.5%
12
KAMAL DEV OJHA
IND
4460.4%
13
RAJ KISHORE SINGH
IND
4380.4%
14
SHALIK RAM
IND
3750.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (158th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 2.4% · max 37.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
158th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
32nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
233rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 33.2%BJP 29.0%BSP 14.6%SP 8.2%OTH 15.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice
🏛️

Ancient mound, Buxar

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound

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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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