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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 130 · 1985
Araria
Winner — 1985
HALIMUDDIN AHMED
INC· INC
INC 44.0%LKD 42.6%4 others 13.4%
Votes
32,918
44.0% share
Winning margin
1,099
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.0%
of 1,22,486
Araria was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,099 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HALIMUDDIN AHMED | INC | 32,918 | 44.0% |
| 2 | NAND KISHORE MANDAL | Lok Dal | 31,819 | 42.6% |
| 3 | KRITYANAND MISHRA | Janata | 5,574 | 7.5% |
| 4 | DEO NARAIN MISHRA | BJP | 2,045 | 2.7% |
| 5 | VISHWANATH | IND | 1,686 | 2.3% |
| 6 | BAJHUL QAMAR | IND | 707 | 0.9% |
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 (94th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.2% · max 50.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
94th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
219th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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183rd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%LKD 42.6%JNP 7.5%OTH 6.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,95,021
Density
1717 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.9%
Electricity11.1%
Sanitation27.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.6%
Children fully vaccinated71.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.1%
Women literate62.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.9%
Health insurance13.5%
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.