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MadhepuraLok Sabha by-election result, 2004

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav (RJD) won Madhepura in the 2004 Lok Sabha by-election with 62.8% of the vote, beating Rajendra Prasad Yadav (JD(U)) by 2,08,860 votes.

Winner — 2004 by-election

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav
RJD 62.8%JD(U) 26.9%7 others 10.3%
Votes
3,65,948
62.8% share
Winning margin
2,08,860
35.8% of votes
Total votes cast
5,82,939
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav
3,65,94862.8%
2
Rajendra Prasad Yadav
1,57,08826.9%
3
Rajendra Mukhiya
17,0472.9%
4
Suresh Kumar Azad
IND
IND
10,7211.8%
5
Asgar Ali
IND
IND
9,7001.7%
6
Saakar Yadav
IND
IND
6,6341.1%
7
Surendra Pd. Yadav
IND
IND
6,5271.1%
8
Kamal Asraf
IND
IND
6,1121.1%
9
Pradeep Kumar Saha
IND
IND
3,1620.5%

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.

A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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35.8%

winning margin, share of votes

How many people voted?

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49%

of registered voters

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How many parties were really in the race?

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Essentially two

RJD and JD(U) took 90% of the votes.

Effective number of parties: 2.13 — counts each party by its share of the vote.

How often does it back the winner?

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How did the vote split?

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62.8%won by RJD
RJD 62.8%JD(U) 26.9%Others 10.3%

This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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