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Winner — 2020

Sudhakar Singh
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
RJD 32.4%BSP 32.3%11 others 35.3%
Votes
58,083
32.4% share
Winning margin
189
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
64.1%
of 2,79,545

Ramgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 189 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

4 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.37 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sudhakar Singh
Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
58,08332.4%
2
Ambika Singh
BSP
57,89432.3%
3
Ashok Kumar Singh
NDA
56,08431.3%
NOTA
NOTA
2,0191.1%
5
Sanjay Kumar Singh
IND
1,1710.7%
6
Ram Bachan Ram
9070.5%
7
Shankar Dayal Anand
IND
8640.5%
8
Deepak Upadhyay
BHRTSBLP
5840.3%
9
Indresh Bahadur Singh
IND
5100.3%
10
Shahil Kumar
IND
3950.2%
11
Ram Sudhakar Tiwary
IND
3810.2%
12
MD. Iliyas Ansari
IND
1920.1%
13
Ram Bachan Singh
IND
1820.1%

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

Average turnout (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.0% · max 34.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
119th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
237th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 32.4%BSP 32.3%BJP 31.3%OTH 2.9%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
4/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.37 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpet🏺Rice

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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