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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1981 by-elections
Bakhtiarpur
Winner — 1981 by-elections
R.S.YADAV
INC(I)
INC(I) 67.4%BJP 10.6%10 others 22.0%
Votes
59,453
67.4% share
Winning margin
50,106
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
12
Bakhtiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 50,106 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.S.YADAV |  INC(I) | 59,453 | 0.0% |
| 2 | K.K.SINGH | 9,347 | 0.0% | |
| 3 | V.SINGH | 7,728 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | G.S.SINGH | 6,262 | 0.0% | |
| 5 | H.K.SINGH | IND | 2,647 | 0.0% |
| 6 | S.DAS | IND | 1,045 | 0.0% |
| 7 | R.SINGH | IND | 809 | 0.0% |
| 8 | J.THAKUR | IND | 308 | 0.0% |
| 9 | R.P.SINGH | IND | 237 | 0.0% |
| 10 | A.KUMAR | IND | 168 | 0.0% |
| 11 | B.SINGH | IND | 121 | 0.0% |
| 12 | D.N.SINGH | IND | 84 | 0.0% |
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 (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.0% · max 34.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
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119th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.08
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43rd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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237th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
7 seats · 4 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%
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.