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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1980
Sikti
Winner — 1980
SHITAL PD. GUPTA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 44.2%JNP(SC) 33.9%3 others 21.9%
Votes
35,867
44.2% share
Winning margin
8,374
10.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.0%
of 1,35,272
A clear win with a 10.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHITAL PD. GUPTA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 35,867 | 44.2% |
| 2 | MD. AZIMUDDIN | JNP(SC) | 27,493 | 33.9% |
| 3 | ABDUL QAYUM | BJP | 15,655 | 19.3% |
| 4 | BANDE LAL RISHIDEO | IND | 1,301 | 1.6% |
| 5 | GAJENDRA LAL SHARMA` | JNP(SR) | 822 | 1.0% |
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 (32nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 3.9% · max 33.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
32nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
3.6%
lowerhigher
9th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 44.2%JNP(SC) 33.9%BJP 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
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%
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.