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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 227 · 2020Reserved (SC)

Imamganj

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Winner — 2020

Jitan Ram Manjhi
HAMS· NDA (NDA)
HAMS 45.4%RJD 36.1%9 others 18.5%
Votes
78,762
45.4% share
Winning margin
16,034
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
58.7%
of 2,95,866

A clear win with a 9.2% margin.

Seat history

3 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.52 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2015 vs 2020

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Jitan Ram Manjhi
HAMS
NDA (NDA)
78,76245.4%
2
Uday Narain Choudhary
RJD
62,72836.1%
3
Kumari Shobha Sinha
LJP
Lok Janshakti Party
14,1978.2%
—
NOTA
NOTA
4,7052.7%
5
Fakirchand Das
JAPL
3,7972.2%
6
Jitendra Kumar Paswan
RLSP
2,3371.4%
7
Jitendra Chaudhari
JRJP
2,0331.2%
8
Bijendra Paswan
IND
1,5790.9%
9
Deepak Ram
IND
1,3390.8%
10
Lalan Kumar
APoI
1,2060.7%
11
Banarsi Das
PPID
9620.6%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (120th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.7% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
120th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
123rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HAMS 45.4%RJD 36.1%LJP 8.2%OTH 7.6%NOTA 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.52 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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