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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 17 · 2024

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Winner — 2024

SANJAY PRASAD YADAV
RJD· Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
RJD 49.3%BJP 39.6%14 others 11.1%
Votes
1,09,487
49.6% share
Winning margin
21,471
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
70.5%
of 3,14,979

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history

6 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.38 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANJAY PRASAD YADAV
Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
1,09,48749.6%
2
AMIT KUMAR MANDAL
88,01639.8%
3
PARIMAL KUMAR THAKUR
JLKM
9,2374.2%
4
SHAHID RAJA
IND
3,2481.5%
NOTA
NOTA
2,3081.0%
6
RANJIT KUMAR
ASPKR
1,5300.7%
7
SHREE RAM TURI
1,3710.6%
8
GYANESHWAR JHA
JRJP
1,0210.5%
9
SHAMBHU PANDIT
IND
9420.4%
10
HEM KANT THAKUR
IND
8990.4%
11
NOOR HASAN
6040.3%
12
NIRANJAN PRASAD YADAV
IND
5730.3%
13
Prakhar Kumar
IND
4910.2%
14
RAJU KUMAR
4450.2%
15
BALRAM PASWAN
PPID
3930.2%
16
DILIP KUMAR SAH
IND
3510.2%

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

Average turnout (38th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 2.4% · max 19.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
38th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
48th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 49.6%BJP 39.8%OTH 9.5%NOTA 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
6/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.38 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,13,551
Density
580 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,266 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population21.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 22.0%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity17.2%
Sanitation10.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births70.2%
Children fully vaccinated63.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.3%
Women literate46.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.5%
Clean cooking fuel19.7%
Health insurance45.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Tasar Silk

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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