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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Bihar · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1972
Hajipur
Winner — 1972
MOTILAL SINHA KANAN
SOP 54.8%INC 23.3%4 others 21.9%
Votes
42,555
54.9% share
Winning margin
24,505
31.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.0%
of 1,10,773
Hajipur is a safe seat — MOTILAL SINHA KANAN won by 31.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOTILAL SINHA KANAN | 42,555 | 54.9% | |
| 2 | GOPINATH PATEL | Congress (R) | 18,050 | 23.3% |
| 3 | DWARKANATH THAKUR | 14,976 | 19.3% | |
| 4 | PRADYOMAN PRASAD SINGH | Grand Alliance | 778 | 1.0% |
| 5 | KAMLESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | IND | 698 | 0.9% |
| 6 | RAJENDRA PRASAD | IND | 534 | 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.
Average turnout (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe31.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.2% · max 48.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
132nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
66th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 54.9%INC 23.3%NCO 19.3%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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%
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
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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.