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Bihar · PC 3 · 1996

Motihari

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

RADHA MOHAN SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 56.3%CPI 35.7%25 others 8.0%
Votes
3,48,384
57.0% share
Winning margin
1,27,809
20.9% of votes
Total votes cast
6,18,512
Candidates
27
Seat history

All Candidates

27 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RADHA MOHAN SINGH
3,48,38457.0%
2
ABDUL MOGHANI KAIFI
2,20,57536.1%
3
FAIYAZUL AZAM
11,7521.9%
4
NAGENDRA SAHAN
6,1181.0%
5
PRABHAWATI GUPTA
AIIC(T)
5,1040.8%
6
CHANDRA SHEKHAR DWIWEDI
IND
4,9430.8%
7
PARAS PRASAD
IND
3,1740.5%
8
BALINDRA SINGH
IND
2,0660.3%
9
RAM BACHAN PRASAD
IND
1,3420.2%
10
KAMESHWAR PRASAD
IND
1,0490.2%
11
NAGENDRA PRASAD
IND
9930.2%
12
SHIV NATH SAH
IND
6280.1%
13
MAKHAN RAM
IND
5890.1%
14
DAROGA SAH
IND
5100.1%
15
ETWAR PRASAD
IND
5080.1%
16
VINAY KUMAR SINHA
IND
4350.1%
17
NAGINA SAH
IND
3900.1%
18
DAROGA PR. SINGH
IND
3680.1%
19
RAM JATAN SINGH
IND
3540.1%
20
KAMAL DEO PR. SAH
3270.1%
21
VIJAY KANT MISHRA
IND
3030.1%
22
RAMA NAND PRASAD
IND
2740.0%
23
JAI SHANKAR PR. SINGH
IND
2580.0%
24
SURESH KUMAR RAJAK
IND
2410.0%
25
HARENDRA PR. SHRIVASTAVA
IND
1790.0%
26
SATISH KUMAR SINHA
IND
1660.0%
27
SHIV KALI DEVI
IND
1590.0%

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 (10th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.2% · min 1.6% · max 55.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
10th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 57.0%CPI 36.1%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️LitchiGI🏺Seep Buttons
Buddhist stupa

Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist stupa

🏛️

Fort ruins, Sagardih

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort ruins

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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