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Bihar · PC 36 · 1989

Arrah

Winner — Lok Sabha 1989

RAMESHWAR PRASAD
IPF
IPF 32.0%JD 29.0%19 others 39.0%
Votes
1,78,211
32.6% share
Winning margin
16,440
3.0% of votes
Total votes cast
5,57,507
Candidates
21
Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESHWAR PRASAD
IPF
1,78,21132.6%
2
TULSI SINGH
1,61,77129.6%
3
BALIRAM BHAGAT
1,25,38423.0%
4
SATINDER NARAYAN SINGH
54,2469.9%
5
RAMAWADESH SINGH
LKD(B)
9,3651.7%
6
SANT KUMAR SINGH
SSD
2,6280.5%
7
DEVENDER KUMAR SINGH
IND
1,7040.3%
8
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,4730.3%
9
PROBODH KUMAR TIWARI
IND
1,3780.3%
10
SHIV PRASAD SINGH
IND
1,2000.2%
11
ASHOK SINGH RAVANI
1,1170.2%
12
DEVVANS PRASAD
IND
1,0820.2%
13
SHRIBHAGWAN PANDEY
IND
1,0380.2%
14
RAJPATI DEVI
IND
8820.2%
15
CALECTOR SINGH
IND
7540.1%
16
ANWAR HUSSAIN
IND
7160.1%
17
VINOD KUMAR SINGH
IND
6320.1%
18
ALWAD AHMAD
JNP(JP)
6300.1%
19
SUBHASH CHAND JAIN
IND
6010.1%
20
RAVI PRASAD GUPTA
IND
4900.1%
21
SURENDRA MOHAN SINGH
IND
4890.1%

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 (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.2% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
33rd of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IPF 32.6%JD 29.6%INC 23.0%BJP 9.9%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

Figures are for Jehanabad, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

11 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

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Gopi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Gopi cave

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Karan Chaupar cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Karan Chaupar cave

Lomas rishi cave

Lomas rishi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Lomas rishi cave

Sudama cave

Sudama cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Sudama cave

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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