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Jharkhand · PC 14 · 2009

Hazaribagh

Winner — Lok Sabha 2009

YASHWANT SINHA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 31.8%INC 26.0%11 others 42.2%
Votes
2,19,810
31.8% share
Winning margin
40,164
5.8% of votes
Total votes cast
6,90,943
Candidates
13
Seat history

5 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.29 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YASHWANT SINHA
NDA (NDA)
2,19,81031.8%
2
SAURABH NARAIN SINGH
UPA
1,79,64626.0%
3
CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY
86,88012.6%
4
SHIVLAL MAHTO
UPA
53,9027.8%
5
BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA
Left
53,7857.8%
6
BRAJ KISHORE JAISWAL
JVM
43,7456.3%
7
SNEHLATA DEVI
IND
13,7012.0%
8
KISHOR KUMAR PANDEY
12,5061.8%
9
DIGAMBER KU. MEHTA
6,5330.9%
10
LALAN PRASAD
IND
5,5950.8%
11
MD. MOINUDDIN AHMAD
IND
5,3890.8%
12
MAHENDRA KISHORE MEHTA
IND
4,8290.7%
13
DEONATH MAHTO
IND
4,6220.7%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.7% · min 5.8% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
10th of 14

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 14

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
9th of 14

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 31.8%INC 26.0%AJSUP 12.6%JMM 7.8%CPI 7.8%JVM 6.3%OTH 7.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.29 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,34,495
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,555 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population7.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.6%Muslim 16.2%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.1%
Electricity58.7%
Sanitation19.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.0%
Children fully vaccinated70.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Women literate67.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance55.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Sohrai Painting
🏛️

Kayatha temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Kayatha temple

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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