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Buxar

Winner — Lok Sabha 2019

Ashwini Kumar Choubey
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 47.9%RJD 36.0%14 others 16.0%
Votes
4,73,053
47.9% share
Winning margin
1,17,609
11.9% of votes
Total votes cast
9,86,861
Candidates
16
Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Ashwini Kumar Choubey
NDA (NDA)
4,73,05347.9%
2
Jagadanand Singh
3,55,44436.0%
3
Sushil Kumar Singh
80,2618.1%
NOTA
NOTA
16,4471.7%
5
Uday Narayan Rai @ Luddu Rajbhar
SBSP
14,1701.4%
6
Ramchandra Singh Yadav
IND
10,7301.1%
7
Anil Kumar
JTVP
9,7561.0%
8
Rakesh Kumar Ray @ Guddu Ray
IND
6,8020.7%
9
Dhanjit Singh @ Dhanjit Kumar
VPI
4,1710.4%
10
Ranjit Singh @ Ranage
IND
3,9050.4%
11
Arvind Kumar Pandey @ Chote Baba
IND
2,3510.2%
12
Santosh Kumar Yadav
BMUP
2,2360.2%
13
Jay Prakash Ram
IND
2,2330.2%
14
Anil Kumar Rai
RDU
1,9070.2%
15
Ravi Raj
PSPL
1,7780.2%
16
Binod Kumar Bikrant
PPID
1,6170.2%

Average turnout (23rd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.4% · max 56.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
23rd of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
37th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.9%RJD 36.0%BSP 8.1%OTH 6.3%NOTA 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.96 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%

Figures are for Buxar, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Embroidery🏺Mentha🏺Sonachud Rice
🏛️

Ancient mound, Buxar

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient mound

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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