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Winner — 2020

Chhatrapati Yadav
INC· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
INC 31.1%JD(U) 29.2%20 others 39.7%
Votes
46,980
31.1% share
Winning margin
3,000
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
21
Turnout
58.0%
of 2,60,064

Khagaria was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 3,000 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

7 of 21 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.48 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Chhatrapati Yadav
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
46,98031.1%
2
Poonam Devi Yadav
NDA
43,98029.1%
3
Renu Kumari
Lok Janshakti Party
20,71913.7%
4
Manohar Kumar Yadav
JAPL
11,5897.7%
5
Er. Dharmendra Kumar
IND
8,5295.7%
6
Gopal Krishan Kumar Chandan
IND
3,1612.1%
7
Jitendra Yadav
IND
3,0232.0%
8
Md Faruque Ahmad
2,1831.4%
9
Alka Kumari
IND
1,4501.0%
10
Kripa Sindhu
RJnJnP
1,3500.9%
11
Uday Shankar
IND
1,0160.7%
12
Shobha Devi
IND
9230.6%
13
Pinku Kumari
BMUP
8640.6%
NOTA
NOTA
8550.6%
15
Raghu Veer Sharma
IND
6830.5%
16
Shubhankar Kumar
AngSP
5890.4%
17
Jitendra Kumar
5620.4%
18
Amithav Kumar
IND
5550.4%
19
Sanjeev Kumar
TPLRSP
5170.3%
20
Rajesh Chourasiya
RVNP
4620.3%
21
Raj Harsh
IND
4510.3%
22
Sikandra Azad Vakta
IND
4160.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (85th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 1.7% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
85th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
87th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.1%JD(U) 29.1%LJP 13.7%JAPL 7.7%IND 5.7%OTH 12.1%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/21

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.48 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

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