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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Bihar · PC 15 · 1971
Samastipur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1971
YAMUNA PRASAD MANDAL
INC· INC
INC 48.7%BJS 26.6%6 others 24.6%
Votes
1,66,827
49.1% share
Winning margin
75,716
22.3% of votes
Total votes cast
3,42,224
Candidates
8
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YAMUNA PRASAD MANDAL | 1,66,827 | 49.1% | |
| 2 | VALMIKI PRASAD SINGH | 91,111 | 26.8% | |
| 3 | MUNSHILAL ROY | 73,359 | 21.6% | |
| 4 | LALIT KUMAR SINGH | PBI | 2,842 | 0.8% |
| 5 | YADUNANDAN THAKUR | IND | 2,118 | 0.6% |
| 6 | JWALA PRASAD CHOUDHARY | IND | 1,422 | 0.4% |
| 7 | BHOLA NATH CHOUDHARY | IND | 943 | 0.3% |
| 8 | RAMPUR PRASAD ROY | IND | 842 | 0.3% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (12th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe22.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.7% · min 1.0% · max 50.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
12th of 40How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 40How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
38th of 40How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.1%BJS 26.8%SSP 21.6%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%
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.