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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 124 · 1980
Rupauli
Winner — 1980
DINESH KUMAR SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 35.9%CPI 33.0%7 others 31.1%
Votes
24,409
35.9% share
Winning margin
1,976
2.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
63.5%
of 1,07,113
A closely fought contest. DINESH KUMAR SINGH won with a 2.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DINESH KUMAR SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,409 | 35.9% |
| 2 | SARYUG PD. MANDAL | Left | 22,433 | 33.0% |
| 3 | RAMCHANDRA DAS | JNP(SC) | 13,438 | 19.8% |
| 4 | CHANDRA KNAT SARKAR | IND | 2,404 | 3.5% |
| 5 | BHOLA NATH ALOKE | JNP(JP) | 1,914 | 2.8% |
| 6 | LAL MOHAMAD SHEKH | IND | 1,213 | 1.8% |
| 7 | MUSTAQUE AHMAD KHAN | BJP | 1,070 | 1.6% |
| 8 | NASHIM SHEKH | IND | 613 | 0.9% |
| 9 | RAMESHWAR SINGH | IND | 532 | 0.8% |
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 (90th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.7% · max 29.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
90th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
221st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 35.9%CPI 33.0%JNP(SC) 19.8%OTH 11.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.