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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 130 · 2009 by-elections

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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Vijay Kr.Mandal
LJSP
LJSP 47.0%BJP 34.5%7 others 18.5%
Votes
50,568
47.0% share
Winning margin
13,468
12.5% of votes
Total candidates
9

A clear win with a 12.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Vijay Kr.Mandal
LJSP
50,56847.0%
2
Ajay Kr. Jha
BJP
37,10034.5%
3
Abdul Hannan
INC
10,81710.1%
4
Gagan Kr. Jha
IND
2,8652.7%
5
Sakir
IND
1,8871.8%
6
Faruk Ahmad
IND
1,6251.5%
7
Rizwan Alam
NCP
1,2001.1%
8
Raja R. Bhaskar
IND
8780.8%
9
Mahboob Alam
IND
5980.6%

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 (94th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.2% · max 50.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
94th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
219th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
183rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
18 seats · 10 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LJSP 47.0%BJP 34.5%INC 10.1%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana🏺Honey🏺Sujni Embroidery

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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