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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Shikarpur
Winner — 1972
SITARAM PRASAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 52.3%IND 27.8%4 others 19.9%
Votes
19,082
52.3% share
Winning margin
8,934
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
33.5%
of 1,08,974
Shikarpur is a safe seat — SITARAM PRASAD won by 24.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SITARAM PRASAD | Congress (R) | 19,082 | 52.3% |
| 2 | BHOLA RAM TUFANI | IND | 10,148 | 27.8% |
| 3 | VIDYA K. VIDYALANKAR | Grand Alliance | 3,980 | 10.9% |
| 4 | SHEONATH RAM | 1,915 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | SONA MALLIK | 1,182 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | DHARMDEO PRASAD | Grand Alliance | 174 | 0.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
Average turnout (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 2.8% · max 72.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
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72nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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159th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.3%IND 27.8%BJS 10.9%SOP 5.3%OTH 3.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
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.