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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 75 · 2020

Saharsa

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Winner — 2020

Alok Ranjan
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 45.6%RJD 36.9%13 others 17.5%
Votes
1,03,538
45.6% share
Winning margin
19,679
8.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
61.2%
of 3,70,962

A clear win with a 8.7% margin.

Seat history

8 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.75 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2015 vs 2020

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Alok Ranjan
BJP
NDA (NDA)
1,03,53845.6%
2
Lovely Anand
RJD
83,85936.9%
3
Kishor Kumar
IND
12,5925.5%
4
Ranjit Kumar Rana
IND
9,9944.4%
—
NOTA
NOTA
5,3072.3%
6
Siyaram Paswan
IND
3,2761.4%
7
Birendra Kumar
IND
1,5450.7%
8
Ranjan Priyadarshi
JAPL
1,5050.7%
9
Bidhan Chandra Jha
NCP
1,1990.5%
10
Amar kant Vats urf Sohan Jha
JTVP
9070.4%
11
Rajesh Kumar Jha
TPLRSP
8450.4%
12
Kamal Deo Sharma
LGJNPSCL
7380.3%
13
Amit Kumar
IND
6580.3%
14
Krishna Shekhar
SJDD
6130.3%
15
Vimlesh Kumar Singh
NJANP
5300.2%

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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.2% · max 30.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
88th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
212th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.6%RJD 36.9%IND 5.5%OTH 9.6%NOTA 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
8/14

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.75 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,00,661
Density
1127 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,687 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 14.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.8%
Electricity11.2%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.4%
Children fully vaccinated72.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate43.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Clean cooking fuel25.2%
Health insurance12.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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