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Winner — 1995

MAHABIR PRASAD
JD· Janata Dal
JD 39.6%BJP 26.3%19 others 34.0%
Votes
43,957
39.6% share
Winning margin
14,739
13.3% of votes
Total candidates
21
Turnout
59.0%
of 1,88,190

A clear win with a 13.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHABIR PRASAD
Janata Dal
43,95739.6%
2
CHANDRA KISHORE JHA
BJP
29,21826.3%
3
IZHAR AHMAD
IND
16,24414.6%
4
MADAN KUMAR SINGH
BPP
8,2157.4%
5
RAMAKANT KUWAR
INC
4,5394.1%
6
BINDESHWARI YADAV
IND
1,2301.1%
7
MAINUL ISLAM
IND
9680.9%
8
VISHWESH CHOUDHARY
8690.8%
9
MAHENDRA NARAIN PANDEY
IND
8430.8%
10
JITENDRA PRASAD SING
IND
7670.7%
11
KAMAL NARAIN SAHU
IND
5340.5%
12
BADRI NARAN SADA
IND
5340.5%
13
BALESHWAR MAHTO
IND
5160.5%
14
LAXMAN SAH
IND
5030.5%
15
KAMAL KISHORE JHA
IND
5020.5%
16
BIRENRA KUMAR SAHNI
IND
3630.3%
17
GOPI MANDAL
IND
2950.3%
18
MOHAMMAD SAMIM
IND
2800.3%
19
RABINDRA KUMAR CHOUDHARY
IND
2570.2%
20
SHYAM NAND SING
IND
1710.1%
21
MD. ALI AZAD
IND
1480.1%

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 (168th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.0% · max 47.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
168th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
128th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
179th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 39.6%BJP 26.3%IND 14.6%BPP 7.4%OTH 12.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,37,385
Density
1728 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,279 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.3%Muslim 22.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation25.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.9%
Children fully vaccinated66.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.4%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate49.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.1%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance25.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Madhubhani Paintings🏷️MakhanaGI🏺Terracotta

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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