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Bihar · PC 3 · 2009

Purvi Champaran

Winner — Lok Sabha 2009

RADHA MOHAN SINGH
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 41.7%RJD 25.3%10 others 33.0%
Votes
2,01,114
41.7% share
Winning margin
79,290
16.4% of votes
Total votes cast
4,81,874
Candidates
12
Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RADHA MOHAN SINGH
NDA (NDA)
2,01,11441.7%
2
AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH
UPA
1,21,82425.3%
3
ARVIND KUMAR GUPTA
UPA
68,32314.2%
4
NAGENDRA SAHANI
LTSD
31,0576.5%
5
RAM CHANDRA PRASAD
Left
20,7424.3%
6
GAGANDEO YADAV
11,1242.3%
7
MD. MURTUJA ANSARI ALIAS DR. LAL
IND
9,6712.0%
8
UMESH KUMAR SINGH
SJP(R)
6,1721.3%
9
SURESH KUMAR RAI
BJKVP
3,6630.8%
10
PARASNATHPANDEY
IND
3,3880.7%
11
SURESH KUMAR RAJAK
IJP
2,4100.5%
12
JHAGARU MAHATO
IND
2,3860.5%

Average turnout (10th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.2% · min 1.6% · max 55.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
10th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.7%RJD 25.3%INC 14.2%LTSD 6.5%OTH 12.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,99,371
Density
1285 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,968 km²
SC population12.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.1%Muslim 19.4%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.0%
Electricity7.6%
Sanitation18.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births61.5%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.3%
Women literate50.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bags & Garments🏷️LitchiGI🏺Seep Buttons
Buddhist stupa

Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist stupa

🏛️

Fort ruins, Sagardih

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort ruins

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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