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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 239 · 1980
Rafiganj
Winner — 1980
VIJAY KUMAR SINGH
JNP(JP)
JNP(JP) 55.2%CPI 24.9%7 others 19.9%
Votes
39,320
55.2% share
Winning margin
21,599
30.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
61.0%
of 1,16,668
Rafiganj is a safe seat — VIJAY KUMAR SINGH won by 30.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIJAY KUMAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 39,320 | 55.2% |
| 2 | ISTEYAK AHMAD KHAN | Left | 17,721 | 24.9% |
| 3 | CHANDRADIP YADAV | SSD | 5,985 | 8.4% |
| 4 | MD. HUSSAIN ANSARI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 2,596 | 3.6% |
| 5 | MUKHDEO SINGH | JNP(SC) | 2,297 | 3.2% |
| 6 | YOGESHWAR YADAV | IND | 2,247 | 3.2% |
| 7 | BANGALI SINGH |  FBL | 730 | 1.0% |
| 8 | RADHA RANI SINGH | BJP | 181 | 0.3% |
| 9 | RAM PRAVESH THAKUR | IND | 136 | 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.
Low turnout (231st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.7% · max 52.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
231st of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
85th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP(JP) 55.2%CPI 24.9%SSD 8.4%OTH 11.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,19,146
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,494 km²
SC population25.5%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Muslim 11.0%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity9.0%
Sanitation22.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.9%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate62.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.3%
Clean cooking fuel40.7%
Health insurance8.1%
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.