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Madhepura

Winner — Lok Sabha 2014

RAJESH RANJAN @ PAPPU YADAV
RJD· UPA (UPA)
RJD 35.7%JD(U) 30.2%11 others 34.1%
Votes
3,68,937
35.6% share
Winning margin
56,209
5.4% of votes
Total votes cast
10,34,799
Candidates
13
Seat history

3 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.96 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJESH RANJAN @ PAPPU YADAV
UPA (UPA)
3,68,93735.6%
2
SHARAD YADAV
3,12,72830.2%
3
VIJAY KUMAR SINGH
NDA
2,52,53424.4%
NOTA
NOTA
21,9242.1%
5
GULJAR KUMAR
18,0841.8%
6
RAJO SAH
IND
12,2471.2%
7
MOHAMMAD ARSHAD HUSSAIN
PECP
9,5850.9%
8
ANWAR ALAM
9,5380.9%
9
MINA DEVI
IND
9,0390.9%
10
BHIKHA PASWAN
BVM
6,6490.6%
11
PRASANNA KUMAR
IND
5,3700.5%
12
SAJAN KUMAR JHA
JMBP
4,3960.4%
13
CHANDRASHEKHAR YADAV
BMUP
3,7680.4%

Average turnout (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.7% · max 26.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
16th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.7%
lowerhigher
12th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 35.6%JD(U) 30.2%BJP 24.4%OTH 7.6%NOTA 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.96 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,01,762
Density
1120 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,788 km²
SC population17.3%
ST population0.6%

Figures are for Madhepura, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.6%
Electricity5.8%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.0%
Children fully vaccinated72.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.7%
Women literate47.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.4%
Health insurance9.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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