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Winner — 2005 (Feb)

RAMESHWAR PRASAD
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 34.0%RJD 27.5%8 others 38.5%
Votes
36,183
34.3% share
Winning margin
6,935
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
49.7%
of 2,14,170

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESHWAR PRASAD
NDA (NDA)
36,18334.3%
2
RAMJI CHOUDHARY
29,24827.7%
3
NISHANT KUMAR SINGH
BSP
10,3319.8%
4
CHOUDHARY ANAND MOHAN SINGH
IND
7,6137.2%
5
SATYENDRA SINGH
7,4587.1%
6
JYOTI RANJNI
5,7385.4%
7
AYODHYA RAM
IND
4,1503.9%
8
LAW KUMAR SINGH ALIAS DHANJEE SINGH
IND
3,8033.6%
9
SHRINATH SINGH
6430.6%
10
SHRI BHAGWAN CHOUDHARY
SSD
4400.4%

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.

Average turnout (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
176th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
56th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.3%RJD 27.7%BSP 9.8%IND 7.2%LJP 7.1%INC 5.4%OTH 8.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mushroom🏺Rice
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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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