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Bihar · PC 37 · 1996

Buxar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

LAL MUNI CHOUBEY
BJP· BJP
BJP 44.8%CPI 34.1%31 others 21.1%
Votes
2,65,427
45.3% share
Winning margin
63,764
10.9% of votes
Total votes cast
5,92,145
Candidates
33
Seat history

All Candidates

33 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAL MUNI CHOUBEY
2,65,42745.3%
2
TEJ NARAIN SINGH
2,01,66334.5%
3
SURESH MEHTA
CPI(ML)(L)
61,14810.4%
4
JANARDAN SINGH
22,7533.9%
5
RANJIT SINGH
BKUS
7,8381.3%
6
SHYAM BIHARI MISHRA
7,0281.2%
7
KAMALA KANT TIWARY
IND
5,7721.0%
8
KAMESHWAR PRASAD SRIVASTWA
IND
1,6100.3%
9
RUP NARAIN KOIRI
IND
1,5440.3%
10
SUDARSHAN SINGH
IND
1,4820.3%
11
BHOLA CHOUDHARI
IND
1,0010.2%
12
RANVIJAY RAI
IND
8100.1%
13
LAKSHMAN SINGH
IND
7350.1%
14
MUNEWAR SINGH
IND
6770.1%
15
RAMNARESH PANDEY
IND
6480.1%
16
DAYANAND UPADHYAY
JP
6090.1%
17
BRAHMA DAYAL SINGH
IND
5890.1%
18
TRIBHUW OJHA
IND
5440.1%
19
SARAYU UPADHYA
AIIC(T)
4940.1%
20
VIJAY NA. PATHAK
IND
3180.1%
21
BASHIST RAI
IND
2860.1%
22
HASIR HUSAIN
IND
2780.1%
23
SHIV JEE YADAV
IND
2600.0%
24
SHAMBHU CHOUDHARY
IND
2580.0%
25
DILEEP KUMAR
IND
2520.0%
26
SHIV NATH PANDEY
IND
2500.0%
27
VIDYA SAGAR TIWARY
IND
2470.0%
28
MOHAN KUMAR DUBEY
IND
2230.0%
29
KRISHNA KUMAR MISHRA
IND
1770.0%
30
VINOD PATHAK
IND
1730.0%
31
VINDHYACHALA SINGH
IND
1330.0%
32
KUMAR MOHAN CHOUBEY
IND
1260.0%
33
VRIDA NAND SINGH
IND
850.0%

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.

Low turnout (36th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 1.0% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
50%
lowerhigher
36th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
14th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.3%CPI 34.5%CPI(ML)(L) 10.4%OTH 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Strawberry
🏛️

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and other images and sculptures colected underneath a shed

🏛️

Shiva Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Shiva Temple

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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