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Bihar · PC 15 · 1999

Darbhanga

Winner — Lok Sabha 1999

Kirti Azad
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 51.6%RJD 44.4%7 others 4.0%
Votes
3,95,549
52.2% share
Winning margin
55,548
7.3% of votes
Total votes cast
7,66,168
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Kirti Azad
NDA (NDA)
3,95,54952.2%
2
Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi
3,40,00144.8%
3
Baidyanath Yadav
CPI(ML)(L)
9,9781.3%
4
Bishwanath Mandal
5,4710.7%
5
Deo Narayan Paswan
IND
4,1900.6%
6
Umesh Paswan
IND
1,1330.1%
7
Lalit Mohan Jha
IND
1,0590.1%
8
Mithilesh Ku Yadav
IND
5730.1%
9
Suresh Paswan
IND
3370.0%

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 (12th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.7% · min 1.0% · max 50.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
12th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
38th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 52.2%RJD 44.8%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,01,062
Density
1514 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,172 km²
SC population15.7%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 15.5%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.6%
Electricity19.1%
Sanitation27.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.9%
Women literate63.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.5%
Health insurance13.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️Shahi LitchiGI🏷️Sujini EmbroideryGI

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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