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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 160 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Sheikhpura and Sikandara

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Winner — 1951

RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD
INC
Also elected — same seat
SHAH MUSTAQUE SAHEB
INC· 16,130 votes
INC 23.3%INC 23.0%7 others 53.7%
Votes
16,296
23.3% share
Winning margin
7,401
10.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
37.4%
of 93,671

A clear win with a 10.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD
INC
16,29623.3%
2
SHAH MUSTAQUE SAHEB
INC
16,13023.0%
3
KARYANANDA SHARMA
CPI
8,89512.7%
4
BALDEO PASBAN
CPI
7,53710.8%
5
JUGESHWAR RAM
SP
6,8409.8%
6
BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINHA
SP
5,8658.4%
7
BISHESHAR DAYAL SINHA
BJS
4,0715.8%
8
HARI PRASAD SHARMA
IND
2,6853.8%
9
LAKHAN SINHA
IND
1,7012.4%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (57th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.1% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
57th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
213th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
166th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.3%INC 23.0%CPI 12.7%CPI 10.8%SP 9.8%SP 8.4%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banka Silk🏷️Katarni RiceGI

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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