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Bihar · PC 36 · 1999

Arrah

Winner — Lok Sabha 1999

Ram Prasad Singh
RJD· Congress-led alliance (INC-RJD-CPM), Bihar 1999
RJD 38.3%JD(U) 24.9%12 others 36.8%
Votes
2,64,140
38.7% share
Winning margin
92,282
13.5% of votes
Total votes cast
6,89,472
Candidates
14
Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Ram Prasad Singh
Congress-led alliance (INC-RJD-CPM), Bihar 1999
2,64,14038.7%
2
H P Singh
1,71,85825.2%
3
Rameshwar Prasad
CPI(ML)(L)
1,41,93920.8%
4
Rang Bahadur Singh
IND
87,26312.8%
5
Ram Awadhesh Singh
6,0810.9%
6
Udai Narain Ram
2,7260.4%
7
Ajit Singh
KVSB
1,4810.2%
8
Abhimanyu Prasad Singh
1,4660.2%
9
Ram Swaroop Singh Yadav
AJBP
1,2400.2%
10
Mahendra Pd Sinha
IND
1,0550.1%
11
Sridhar Upadhaya
ABHM
1,0130.1%
12
Gopi Chandra Prasad
7180.1%
13
Poonam Singh
SJP(R)
4410.1%
14
Mahesh Prasad
IND
3680.1%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.5%
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
RJD 38.7%JD(U) 25.2%CPI(ML)(L) 20.8%IND 12.8%OTH 2.4%

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

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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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