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Bihar · PC 36 · 1998

Arrah

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

H.P.SINGH
SAP· NDA (NDA)
SAP 38.9%RJD 31.0%14 others 30.1%
Votes
2,86,286
39.4% share
Winning margin
58,164
8.0% of votes
Total votes cast
7,36,254
Candidates
16
Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
H.P.SINGH
NDA (NDA)
2,86,28639.4%
2
CHANDRA DEO PRASAD VERMA
2,28,12231.4%
3
KRISHNA DEO YADAV
CPI(ML)(L)
1,63,94522.6%
4
RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAV
BJC
24,8863.4%
5
SIDDHNATH RAY
5,7440.8%
6
PUNAM SINGH
4,6600.6%
7
PRITHWI NARAYAN
IND
2,5060.3%
8
SANJAY KUMAR SINHA
IND
2,3160.3%
9
RAM CHANDRA SINGH
IND
2,0190.3%
10
RAM SRUP SINGH
1,5340.2%
11
DHARANI DHAR SINGH
IND
9690.1%
12
RAMA SHANKAR PANDEY
IND
9690.1%
13
BIKRAMA SINGH
IND
8570.1%
14
RAM BALAK RAY
IND
6380.1%
15
SHRIDHAR UPADHAYAY
ABHM
6170.1%
16
UMESH SINGH
IND
3050.0%

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 (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.2% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
33rd of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 39.4%RJD 31.4%CPI(ML)(L) 22.6%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,25,313
Density
1209 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
931 km²
SC population19.8%
ST population0.1%

Figures are for Jehanabad, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.3%
Electricity15.2%
Sanitation27.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Children underweight (under 5)51.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.6%
Clean cooking fuel34.3%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

11 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Buddhistic images and sculptures colectted underneath a shed

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Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat

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Gopi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Gopi cave

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Karan Chaupar cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Karan Chaupar cave

Lomas rishi cave

Lomas rishi cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Lomas rishi cave

Sudama cave

Sudama cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Sudama cave

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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