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Bihar · PC 39 · 1998

Bikramganj

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

BASHIST NARAYAN SINGH
SAP· NDA (NDA)
SAP 40.0%RJD 38.9%10 others 21.1%
Votes
3,01,789
40.4% share
Winning margin
7,851
1.1% of votes
Total votes cast
7,55,221
Candidates
12
Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASHIST NARAYAN SINGH
NDA (NDA)
3,01,78940.4%
2
KANTI SINGH
2,93,93839.4%
3
ARUN SINGH
CPI(ML)(L)
80,22110.7%
4
JITENDRA PRASAD SINGH
48,0086.4%
5
RAM AWADHESH SINGH
8,6021.1%
6
LAKSHMAN CHOUDHARY
SSD
4,4400.6%
7
SHIV PUJAN SINGH
SWJP
3,1490.4%
8
NAVIN CHAND SAH
PSSS
2,4510.3%
9
ASFAK AHMAD
IND
2,0960.3%
10
KEDAR PANDEY
ABHM
1,2010.2%
11
AMIKA CHOUDHARY
IND
8260.1%
12
BHARAT SINGH
IND
2850.0%

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 (40th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.2% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
43%
lowerhigher
40th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
32nd of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 40.4%RJD 39.4%CPI(ML)(L) 10.7%JD 6.4%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%

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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