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Bihar · PC 25 · 1998

Katihar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

TARIQ ANAWAR
INC· INC
INC 47.2%BJP 44.3%13 others 8.5%
Votes
3,37,360
47.9% share
Winning margin
20,437
2.9% of votes
Total votes cast
7,15,223
Candidates
15
Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARIQ ANAWAR
INC
3,37,36047.9%
2
NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
3,16,92345.0%
3
SAKIL AHAMAD KHA
25,1443.6%
4
FAZLUR RAHAMAN
BJC
6,5520.9%
5
S.M.ASIF
3,4750.5%
6
BAL MUKUND URAON
IND
2,5130.4%
7
BISHNUDEO RABIDAS
IND
2,5080.4%
8
YUVRAJ
AIRJP
2,0660.3%
9
RAJ KUMAR SINGH
AJBP
1,6380.2%
10
SURESH PRASAD DESRI
IND
1,5010.2%
11
RAJESH KUMAR SINGH
IND
1,4950.2%
12
ZAFAR AADIL
IND
1,1920.2%
13
ARVIND PASWAN
IND
1,1360.2%
14
GIRINDRA KUMAR SINHA
IND
7890.1%
15
PRADIP KUMAR SAH
IND
5170.1%

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
2.9%
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
INC 47.9%BJP 45.0%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Art🏺Banana🏺Maize🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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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