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Bihar · PC 13 · 1998

Madhubani

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

DR.SHAKEEL AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 39.2%BJP 36.9%4 others 24.0%
Votes
2,85,029
39.8% share
Winning margin
16,485
2.3% of votes
Total votes cast
7,27,952
Candidates
6
Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR.SHAKEEL AHMAD
INC
2,85,02939.8%
2
HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV
2,68,54437.5%
3
CHATURANAN MISHRA
1,54,27321.5%
4
KALAYAN YADAV
IND
5,8000.8%
5
RAMSUDISHI YADAV
IND
1,5980.2%
6
SITARAM PASWAN
IND
1,2450.2%

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 (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.7% · max 26.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
16th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
12th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.8%BJP 37.5%CPI 21.5%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,01,762
Density
1120 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,788 km²
SC population17.3%
ST population0.6%

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.6%
Electricity5.8%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.7%
Women literate47.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.4%
Health insurance9.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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