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Bihar · PC 9 · 2024

Araria

Winner — Lok Sabha 2024

PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH
BJP 47.9%RJD 46.3%8 others 5.8%
Votes
6,00,146
47.9% share
Winning margin
20,094
1.6% of votes
Total votes cast
12,52,751
Candidates
10
Seat history

4 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.60 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH
NDA (NDA)
6,00,14647.9%
2
SHAHNAWAZ
INDIA bloc
5,80,05246.3%
3
SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SUMAN
IND
13,7461.1%
NOTA
NOTA
13,5041.1%
5
MD GHOUSUL AZAM
12,6901.0%
6
MD. MOBINUL HAQUE
IND
12,0081.0%
7
MD. ISMAIL
BMF
7,3540.6%
8
AKHILESH KUMAR
IND
5,1200.4%
9
MUSHTAK ALAM
IND
4,8990.4%
10
ZAWED AKHTAR
TNRMPI
3,0410.2%

High turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.9% · max 71.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
6th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
35th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.9%RJD 46.3%OTH 4.7%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
4/9

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.60 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,11,569
Density
993 / km²
Sex ratio
921 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,830 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population1.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 43.0%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.5%
Electricity7.7%
Sanitation9.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.2%
Children fully vaccinated61.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Children underweight (under 5)47.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.9%
Women literate43.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Clean cooking fuel15.2%
Health insurance19.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute🏷️MakhanaGI

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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