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Madhepura

Winner — Lok Sabha 2019

Dinesh Chandra Yadav
JD(U)· NDA (NDA)
JD(U) 54.4%RJD 28.1%12 others 17.4%
Votes
6,24,334
54.4% share
Winning margin
3,01,527
26.3% of votes
Total votes cast
11,47,274
Candidates
14
Seat history

2 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.20 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Dinesh Chandra Yadav
NDA (NDA)
6,24,33454.4%
2
Sharad Yadav
3,22,80728.1%
3
Rajesh Ranjan @ Pappu Yadav
JAPL
97,6318.5%
NOTA
NOTA
38,4503.4%
5
Suman Kumar Jha
IND
17,5841.5%
6
Jaykant Yadav
IND
8,7550.8%
7
Anil Bharti
RVNP
7,1690.6%
8
Vinay Kumar Mishra
IND
5,9710.5%
9
Rajo Sah
IND
5,6310.5%
10
Rajiv Kumar Yadav
BALP
4,7350.4%
11
Suresh Kumar Bharti
ASDHP
4,7310.4%
12
Md. Arshad Husain
IND
3,8070.3%
13
Umashankar
BMUP
3,1040.3%
14
Manoj Kumar Mandal
AAM
2,5650.2%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.3%
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
JD(U) 54.4%RJD 28.1%JAPL 8.5%OTH 5.6%NOTA 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.20 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
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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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