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Bihar · PC 25 · 1991

Katihar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1991

MD. YUNUS SALIM
JD· Janata Dal
JD 34.6%INC 29.9%27 others 35.4%
Votes
1,74,430
35.0% share
Winning margin
23,622
4.7% of votes
Total votes cast
5,03,685
Candidates
29
Seat history

All Candidates

29 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MD. YUNUS SALIM
1,74,43035.0%
2
TARIQUE ANWER
1,50,80830.3%
3
NIKHIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY
1,39,89428.1%
4
RAM SIPAHI YADAV
JF
5,5211.1%
5
MAHBOOB ALAM
IPF
4,6710.9%
6
JAKIR HUSSAIN
IND
3,5440.7%
7
JAWAHER LAL
IND
3,2870.7%
8
SURESH KR. SRIVASTAVA
IND
2,6120.5%
9
RADHA MOHAN DAS
IND
1,5560.3%
10
SOBRAN RAJAK
IND
1,4580.3%
11
NAFISH AHMED
IND
1,0390.2%
12
BIDESHI RABIDAS
9820.2%
13
KANT LAL MANDAL
IND
9230.2%
14
ARUNA JHA
IND
7220.1%
15
JITENDRA KR. YADAV
IND
6660.1%
16
SHARDA DEVI (W)
IND
6550.1%
17
JAI BHARAT SINHA
IND
6020.1%
18
MANGAN INSAN
IND
5980.1%
19
SADHAN DAS
IND
5140.1%
20
UTTAM LAL SHARMA
IND
4450.1%
21
SURESH KUMAR SHARMA
IND
4120.1%
22
SHYAM SUNDER DADHICHI
IND
4060.1%
23
MAKIRUDDIN
IND
3970.1%
24
RAM SEWAK DAS
IND
3540.1%
25
KAMAL AGRAWAL
IND
2870.1%
26
MADHNESHWAR SHARMA
IND
2820.1%
27
IFTKHAR ALAM
IND
2570.1%
28
UMA SHANKAR SINGH
IND
2070.0%
29
ABHEY KUMAR SINGH
IND
2000.0%

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 (17th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 0.4% · max 41.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
17th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.9%
lowerhigher
8th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 35.0%INC 30.3%BJP 28.1%OTH 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
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