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Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

MADAN PRASAD JAISWAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.0%JD 41.9%18 others 8.1%
Votes
3,15,899
50.6% share
Winning margin
51,489
8.2% of votes
Total votes cast
6,31,754
Candidates
20
Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MADAN PRASAD JAISWAL
3,15,89950.6%
2
NASIM AHMAD
2,64,41042.3%
3
MANOJ PANDEY
19,9213.2%
4
VIRENDRA PRASAD GUPTA
CPI(ML)(L)
4,7680.8%
5
RAMJI SHARMA
IND
4,2800.7%
6
MADHURANJAN VERMA
IND
2,8410.5%
7
SUBHASH CHANDRA KUSHWAHA
2,0420.3%
8
RAMESH PRASAD
IND
2,0410.3%
9
NAGINA YADAV
IND
1,8870.3%
10
DHURUP SAHA
IND
1,4460.2%
11
DASHRATH RAM
IND
1,3450.2%
12
DEVI SHANKAR PRASAD
IND
1,0990.2%
13
UDAY PRASAD
IND
5730.1%
14
RAM BABU KUMAR
AIIC(T)
4930.1%
15
LACHHUMAN RAI
IND
4880.1%
16
RAJENDRA SAH
IND
3480.1%
17
RAVINDRA PANDEY
IND
2970.1%
18
TARKESHWAR PRASAD
IND
2400.0%
19
SUMAN KUMAR
IND
1460.0%
20
HARENDRA YADAV
IND
1170.0%

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.

High turnout (7th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 4.3% · max 56.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
7th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
36th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.6%JD 42.3%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%

Figures are for Pashchim Champaran, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marcha Chura🏺Ready made Garments

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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