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Bihar · PC 38 · 2009Reserved (SC)

Gaya

Winner — Lok Sabha 2009

HARI MANJHI
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 43.6%RJD 32.6%14 others 23.8%
Votes
2,46,255
43.6% share
Winning margin
62,453
11.1% of votes
Total votes cast
5,64,183
Candidates
16
Seat history

2 of 16 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.04 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI MANJHI
NDA (NDA)
2,46,25543.6%
2
RAMJI MANJHI
UPA
1,83,80232.6%
3
SANJIV PRASAD TONI
UPA
64,90211.5%
4
KALAWATI DEVI
22,8544.0%
5
NIRANJAN KUMAR
CPI(ML)(L)
6,7041.2%
6
SHYAMLAL MANJHI
IND
6,1781.1%
7
DILIP PASWAN
NBNP
6,0251.1%
8
RAJESH KUMAR
LTSD
4,6500.8%
9
RAMKISHORE PASWAN
IND
4,3660.8%
10
SHIV SHANKAR KUMAR
IND
3,4480.6%
11
RAMU PASWAN
IND
3,0220.5%
12
KAIL DAS
IND
2,8820.5%
13
AMARNATH PRASAD
IND
2,5480.5%
14
DEEPAK PASWAN
IND
2,3710.4%
15
RAMDEV ARYA PAAN
ABJS
2,1560.4%
16
KRISHNA CHOUDHARY
IND
2,0200.4%

Average turnout (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.3% · max 58.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
31st of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
26th 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 43.6%RJD 32.6%INC 11.5%OTH 12.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/16

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.04 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

12 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
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Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

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Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of Kauadol hill

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