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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 189 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Sikandra
Winner — 1980
RAMESHWAR PASWAN
IND
IND 46.9%CPI 27.0%4 others 26.1%
Votes
40,304
47.0% share
Winning margin
17,131
20.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.0%
of 1,28,229
Sikandra is a safe seat — RAMESHWAR PASWAN won by 20.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMESHWAR PASWAN | IND | 40,304 | 47.0% |
| 2 | LOKNATH AZAD | Left | 23,173 | 27.0% |
| 3 | SHAIL RANI (PATNA) |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 20,597 | 24.0% |
| 4 | NAGINA CHOUDHARY | JNP(JP) | 1,432 | 1.7% |
| 5 | DROPADI DEVI | IND | 178 | 0.2% |
| 6 | SHAIL RANI (LOCO COLONY) | IND | 163 | 0.2% |
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 (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe20.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 3.4% · max 46.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
105th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
60th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.0%CPI 27.0%INC(I) 24.0%OTH 2.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
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.