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Winner — 2020

Ram Chandra Prasad
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 46.9%RJD 39.7%9 others 13.5%
Votes
67,030
46.9% share
Winning margin
10,252
7.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
59.1%
of 2,42,053

A clear win with a 7.2% margin.

Seat history

5 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.59 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Ram Chandra Prasad
NDA (NDA)
67,03046.9%
2
Bhola Yadav
56,77839.7%
3
Abdus Salam Khan
JAPL
4,8983.4%
4
Ravindra Nath Singh
IND
4,5753.2%
NOTA
NOTA
3,5342.5%
6
Geeta Devi
IND
1,7291.2%
7
Paramajit Kumar
IND
1,2410.9%
8
Janki Nandan Chaudhary
IND
1,1240.8%
9
Rushan Nayak
BSP
1,0930.8%
10
Om Prakash Mandal
RSTJNVKSP
7080.5%
11
Ganesh Kumar Choudhary
YKP
3410.2%

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

Average turnout (146th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 1.0% · max 49.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
146th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
71st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
137th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 46.9%RJD 39.7%OTH 11.0%NOTA 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.59 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

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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