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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Shikarpur
Winner — 1980
SITA RAM PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 57.4%INC(U) 39.5%1 others 3.0%
Votes
32,715
57.5% share
Winning margin
10,195
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
48.5%
of 1,17,497
Shikarpur is a safe seat — SITA RAM PRASAD won by 17.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SITA RAM PRASAD |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 32,715 | 57.5% |
| 2 | NARSINGH BAITHA | 22,520 | 39.5% | |
| 3 | SHEO NATH RAM | BJP | 1,714 | 3.0% |
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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 (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 2.8% · max 72.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
72nd of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
159th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 57.5%INC(U) 39.5%OTH 3.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,35,042
Density
753 / km²
Sex ratio
909 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,228 km²
SC population14.1%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.0%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.8%
Electricity8.1%
Sanitation15.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.5%
Children fully vaccinated62.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate52.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Clean cooking fuel31.4%
Health insurance20.0%
What's nearby?
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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.