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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1972
Jalalpur
Winner — 1972
KUMAR KALIKA SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.8%NCO 17.9%4 others 31.3%
Votes
31,355
50.8% share
Winning margin
20,293
32.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
56.4%
of 1,09,401
Jalalpur is a safe seat — KUMAR KALIKA SINGH won by 32.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUMAR KALIKA SINGH | Congress (R) | 31,355 | 50.8% |
| 2 | BAMESHWAR SINGH | 11,062 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | HIRA LAL ROY | IND | 7,567 | 12.3% |
| 4 | KAMLA SINGH | Grand Alliance | 7,030 | 11.4% |
| 5 | DR. RAMJAN | 4,281 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | RAM EKBAL SINGH | IND | 439 | 0.7% |
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.
High turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean32.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 1.9% · max 48.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
41st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
4.8%
lowerhigher
1st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.8%NCO 17.9%IND 12.3%BJS 11.4%SOP 6.9%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,29,076
Density
919 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,425 km²
SC population15.9%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.2%Muslim 18.4%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water1.3%
Electricity11.6%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated73.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)45.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.7%
Women literate42.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Clean cooking fuel15.0%
Health insurance14.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac Bangles🏺Makhana (Foxnut)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.