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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 200 · 1996 by-elections
Harnaut
Winner — 1996 by-elections
Arun Kumar Singh
SAP 55.1%JD 27.5%36 others 17.4%
Votes
62,299
55.1% share
Winning margin
31,214
27.6% of votes
Total candidates
38
Harnaut is a safe seat — Arun Kumar Singh won by 27.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
38 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arun Kumar Singh | 62,299 | 55.1% | |
| 2 | Shishu Ranjan | 31,085 | 27.5% | |
| 3 | Narayan Prasad | IND | 4,689 | 4.2% |
| 4 | Bhola Prasad Singh | IND | 3,223 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Vir Chand Patel | IND | 2,030 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Damodar Prasad | IND | 1,941 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Sunil Kumar Chaudhary | 1,719 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Meena Devi | IND | 1,400 | 1.2% |
| 9 | Brijendra Paswan | IND | 1,033 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Brij Nandan Yadav | IND | 855 | 0.8% |
| 11 | Amar Kant Paswan | IND | 579 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Kapil Prasad | IND | 302 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Jai Ram Paswan | IND | 279 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Pramod Kumar Nirala | 257 | 0.2% | |
| 15 | Lakhan Yadav | IND | 166 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Manish Kumar | IND | 120 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Deoki Yadav | IND | 112 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Thakur Ajay Kant Singh | IND | 103 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Punia Devi | IND | 98 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Purushottam Kumar | IND | 84 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Sanjay Singh | IND | 79 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Ravindra Singh | IND | 63 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Kripal Prasad | IND | 54 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Ram Chandra Singh | IND | 52 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Sailendra Singh | IND | 50 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Ashok Kumar | IND | 47 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Rajendra Prasad Singh | IND | 46 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Manish Kumar | IND | 40 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Arvind Kumar | IND | 37 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Arvind Kumar | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Grijesh Kumar | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Rajendra Prasad | IND | 27 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Ram Lakhan Singh | IND | 26 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Ganauri Prasad Singh | IND | 25 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Suresh Prasad | IND | 25 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Sunil Prasad | IND | 24 | 0.0% |
| 37 | Jai Prakash Narayan | IND | 22 | 0.0% |
| 38 | Ram Prasad Singh | IND | 12 | 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 (158th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean27.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 2.4% · max 37.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
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158th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
32nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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233rd of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 55.1%JD 27.5%OTH 17.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,06,352
Density
1002 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,703 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.3%Muslim 6.2%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.1%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation24.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated75.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.6%
Children underweight (under 5)45.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate68.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.8%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance11.4%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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