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Bihar · PC 30 · 1999

Bhagalpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1999

Subodh Ray
CPM· Congress-led alliance (INC-RJD-CPM), Bihar 1999
CPM 47.3%BJP 40.6%10 others 12.2%
Votes
3,21,159
47.9% share
Winning margin
45,540
6.8% of votes
Total votes cast
6,79,321
Candidates
12
Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Subodh Ray
Congress-led alliance (INC-RJD-CPM), Bihar 1999
3,21,15947.9%
2
Prabhash Chandra Tiwari
2,75,61941.1%
3
Dilip Kumar Sinha
26,7224.0%
4
Ratan Mandal
BJC(R)
21,9073.3%
5
Shankar Bind
9,7151.4%
6
Awdhesh Jha
IND
5,3240.8%
7
Faiyaj Bhagalpuri
2,7250.4%
8
Das Shankar Kumar Jogendra Mohan
2,4200.4%
9
Yugal Mandal
AJBP
1,2280.2%
10
Indradeo Das
1,1040.2%
11
Chunchun Prasad Yadav
IND
1,0600.2%
12
Vijay Yadav
IND
8880.1%

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.

Low turnout (39th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 3.0% · max 64.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
47%
lowerhigher
39th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
39th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.9%BJP 41.1%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

What's nearby?

19 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Brass Metal Work🏺Garments & Active Wear🏺Tikuli Paintings
Kumhrar

Kumhrar

Heritage SiteWikidata
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Mir Ashraf's mosque, Ablution tank and Pucca well

🏛️MonumentASI

Mir Ashraf's mosque, Ablution tank and Pucca well

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Mounds known as the five stupas or panch pahari

🏛️MonumentASI

Mounds known as the five stupas or panch pahari

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Remains of wooden foundations and ancient Mauryan wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Remains of wooden foundations and ancient Mauryan wall

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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